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(b)

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the lowering of the voting age from 21 to 18;

(c)

the

adoption of a "single seat, single vote" method

of voting in the geographical constituency elections;

(d)

(e)

the abolition of appointed membership of the District

Boards (DB) and an increase in directly elected

membership;

the abolition of appointed

membership of the

Municipal

councils (MC) and an increase in directly

elected membership;

(f) the broadening of the franchise for the existing

21 functional constituencies (FC), and the creation

of nine new FCS embracing the entire economically

active population of Hong Kong; and

(9)

the

establishment of an Election Committee (EC) with

all or most of its members drawn from the elected

DB members.

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1993

introduction of

of these seven proposals, Members have on 12 January

approved the

a

bill to provide for a

Boundary and Election

Commission.

As

for the other six