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had

grounds.

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THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN CLOSED UNDER

FOI EXEMPTION NO... 27(1)

examined this option but discarded it on two

First, the process of selecting the

different groups or organizations would be arbitrary,

and second, as the number of organizations involved

was large and the organisations themselves varied in

composition it would be extremely difficult to

organise an open

aspects cut across

openness.

election

system for them. These

the principles of fairness and

7.

8.

The

Secretary for

Constitutional

Affairs

said in his view the debate in the Legislative Council