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the latter. Members of the Municipal Councils and Heung Yee Kuk are also excluded as they are in effect electoral colleges returning their own members to LegCo.

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As regards the method for sub-dividing the EC membership for each of the first three sectors, there are the following possibilities -

(a)

(b)

(c)

divide the number of EC members for each sector (200) by the total number of organizations represented in each sector. Thus, each constituent organization in a sector would elect the same number of EC members. This option is set out at Annex C for illustrative

purpose;

as in (a) but weighted to take account of the population in each of the constituent organization represented in a sector. Thus, an organization with a larger population would elect a proportionately larger number of EC members than an organization with a smaller population; and

no further sub-division of the number of EC members in each EC sector. Thus, all the constituent population of each sector will be able to elect up to 200 EC mcmbers each.

D

It is obvious that none of the options will be easy to manage although at first glance (b) would seem fairer than the others.

Option (b): ADPL model

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On 29 December 1992, ADPL announced their alternative proposals to the Administration's constitutional package. Details regarding possible composition of the EC is at Annex D.

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The broad framework of ADPL's alternative largely derives from the Basic Law model for the selection of the first SAR Chief Executive. As in the case of option (a), it also envisages using members of FCs to elect members of the first three divisions of the EC except they include six new FCs and four additional seats for the Labour FC as proposed by ADPL.

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