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As

additional

trade associations and trade unions are

formed in future, they will be able to join the FCs,

thus further bloating the electorate size.

FC franchise is set out in law, so it is not the

case that just about any associations or unions

can

automatically become

organizations.

representative

But if these unions and

associations are of relevance to the FCs, we can

see no reasons in principle why their members

should not be admitted as elections.

[If the Chinese side suggest that no additional

representative organizations may be included

after a certain cut-off date: Cannot accept any

suggestion which artificially constrain the

natural growth of the constituencies.

Chinese side's suggestion would akin to saying

that all persons born after, say, 1993, will not

be eligible to register as geographical

The

constituency electors.

Surely

reasonable or justifiable.]

[Note: the representative

this cannot be

organizations

of

various FCs are at present set out in a Schedule

to

the

Provisions)

Legislative

Ordinance.

Council

(Electoral

Section 46 of the

G.F. 316

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