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There have

to the FCs,

are

been

suggestions that all 12 seats should go

on the ground that the electorate of some FCS

more likely to include a higher proportion of

foreigners. But this still leaves the question of how

the 12 seats should be distributed among the 30 FCs.

There have also been suggestions that the 12 seats could be

divided among the three categories of LegCo membership

(GC/FC/EC) in proportion to the total number of LegCo Members in each category. Thus, 6 seats will go to FCs,

4 to GCs, and 2 to EC. This involves the same difficulties of devising objective criteria in determining which

each category should be

specific

seats

pre-designated.

within

4.

12

One complication is what to do if there are more foreigners than the quota, and yet not all of the designated seats are occupied by foreigners. example, there are 13 foreigners, and only 3 of them

Occupy the pre-designated seats.

A way will then have

of the remaining

For

to

be found to decide which one

10 legislators should be removed.

G.F. 316

5.

In any case, the pre-designation is no more than

statement by the Chinese and will have no legal effect

before 1997 under our electoral laws. Thus, it will

a

still be open to any number of foreigners to contest in the 1995 elections, and for as many as of them to be elected

to the 1995 LegCo and stay on until 1997. The usefulness

of the pre-designation is to tell voters how the

1995 legislators might be affected by BL67, and to narrow down the decisions that will have to be made by the PC.

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