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4.

The

Government's

We

British Government would welcome the Chinese detailed views on these points. For our part, believe that the following principles could best form framework for creating a Election Committee system for the legislature :

the

(a)

(b)

since the objective of the Election Committee is to return a proportion of the members of the legislature, it should not itself be an institution of government; it should cease to its main task of returning the

of the legislature has been

fresh electoral roll would

function once

members

accomplished.

be compiled for each new election;

Election

Committee

the composition of the

should be designed, as far as possible, to avoid direct duplication with the membership of other constituencies returning members of the legislature;

(c) the

Election Committee should be as

representative as possible;

(d)

the procedure for the

nomination by the

Election Committee

of

candidates to the

simple, open and

(e)

legislature should be

prescribed in the electoral law; and

voting should be by secret ballot.