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would not turn these FCs into direct elections

in the sense that they would not be elections on

basis. By the same token, even

a

geographical

if all the employers in Hong Kong were to join

the employers' FCS, this would not turn these

FCS into directly elected seats.

Q8

The British side said employers' interests are

fact, under the British side's

over-represented.

In

proposals, not all employers' interests will be

represented whilst nearly all trade union members will

be represented in one FC or another.

A8

are not

represented

Are not aware of any employers' interests which

in the FC system. They

either have a special FCs of their own (e.g.

Transport FC for

owners/operators of sea, land

and air transport; or Finance FC for banks), or

are represented through the Commercial and

Industrial FCS which, by virtue of the open

nature of their franchise (see Annex D for basic

criteria for joining the relevant representative

bodies), are capable of encompassing the whole

spectrum of economic sectors. (For examples, in

G.F. 316

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