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5

Cons:

elections

before 1997.

This amounts to another set of general

It will require

HKG legislation to provide a legal basis

for that election which, before 1 July 1997,

could well run foul of the BOR Ordinance.

The Chinese will also dislike it.

8.

the

voting systems

Of the three possible yardsticks, (c) is probably most democratic but least feasible. (a) could lead to

unfair comparisons as three different are used to elect the LegCo Members.

the only viable option.

(b) appears to be

OPTION THREE

9.

This option combines Options One and Two above.

overall quota of 12 seats are allocated

pre-designated a

formula. For simplicity

the

First,

according to

it is assumed

12 seats among the

in

to proportion

the total number of

here that the formula is to distribute the three categories of LegCo membership

LegCo

in each category (6 for FCs, 4 for GC, 2 for EC).

members

a exceeded,

way

10.

If

disqualified.

sub-quota

is

of the any

will have

to be found to decide who amongst the foreigners within the relevant LegCo category (GC/FC/EC) should be For example, if 7 winning candidates in the

FCs are foreigners, then

The three one will have to go. yardsticks considered in paragraph 6 above can similarly be considered for adoption in this option, viz.:

(a)

by percentage

of

votes

received.

There

will

still be the problem of comparing different voting

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