TNAG-2727-FCO40-3933-Hong-Kong-political-parties-Association-for-Democracy-and-Pe-1993 — Page 84

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Information technology industry in the world. industry

is

has become the biggest

In Hong Kong, this

fast

new

developing

processing, telecommunication, patent, education and Chinese information technology have direct impact on the economy of Hong Kong and the public at large. Moreover, as the learned societies information field is registering the professional people in the industry, therefore, the eligibility of voters can be clearly defined.

in

the

The cultural and entertainment industry is obviously different from other functional constituencies which stress on the material and economic aspects. As a group dealing with cultural life, their position the political system should be affirmed.

As

in

are

and

the functional constituency elections strongly criticised as favouring the middle upper classes, the Association proposes that the number of seats of the labour functional constituency be increased to 6, so as to narrow the gap between the grass-roots and the middle and upper classes. The Association proposes that the 6 seats of the labour FC should be returned by all trade union members on the basis of "one man one vote".

According to the statistics of the Labour Department, there were 490,000 trade union members in Hong Kong as at 1991. After deducting the number of people who also belong to other FCs, there would still be nearly 400,000 members. The Association proposes that the 6 seats of the Labour FC be distributed according to the number of member of members of the trade unions.

by

No one can deny the important role played women in society. There should be a voice in the Council reflecting the views of members of organizations which participate

in and

coordinate services for women.

As the Government has affirmed that people at the age of 18 can participate in the elections, and as the functional constituency election system has to take into consideration the views of different people in society, there should be members in the Council representing the students who are not only the "successors" but are also concerned with social affairs.