TNAG-2729-FCO40-3935-Hong-Kong-elections-voting-system-module-on-single-seat-sin-1993 — Page 5

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Why not proportional representation?

The effect of a PR system is to enhance the

representation of

minority interests; this is

already

achieved

by

the

functional

constituencies.

PR

would entail a

complicated voting/counting

method which the public might not readily

understand. Could therefore weaken the public's

confidence in the system, hence undermining the credibility of the electoral process.

Single-seat single-vote will make the sizes of the

constituencies very small.

constituencies

with an

of 300,000 each, very

[For examples,

in UK range from 30,000 to

Canada range from 30,000 to

We are talking about

average population

sizeable by any standard.

constituency sizes

80,000; those in

90,000.]

In the Hong Kong context, they will be much

larger than DB constituencies (average 17,000)

and those of MCs (average 100,000);

Even with a fully directly elected LegCo some

time in the future, the average population size

will still be about 100,000, which is far from being small.

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