TNAG-2731-FCO40-3937-Future-of-Hong-Kong-constitutional-development-1993 — Page 94

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women,

students and the

handicapped

circles), but

there are virtually none

which define these FCs

clearly.

there is some clear

On the Election Committee,

support (e.g. from the HKDF

for an EC based entirely on

and the UDHK)

elected DB members.

Others have proposed broadening the EC composition

to include

representatives from other walks of life,

typically on the basis of the 4-sectoral components

set out in Annex I to the Basic Law.

6

Members

discussed our functional constituencies

proposals on 12 December 1992; there were different views on

whether our proposals should be amended. As regards our EC

proposals, Members on balance concluded on 15 January 1993

that if they were to be amended, one possibility was to draw

members from the 30 functional constituencies for

additional

1995.

amendment

No conclusion was, however, reached on whether

should be made before introducing the legislative

proposals to the Legislative Council (LegCo), or whether they

should be made some time after the introduction of legislation

to the LegCo.

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