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65. In the view of Her Majesty's Government and the Hong Kong Government, the Chinese side's proposals would not deal
adequately with the problems associated with corporate voting and very small constituencies. Some of their specific proposals
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also failed to meet the requirements for functional constituencies. Kai Fong Associations are not economic or professional groups of importance in the community. only some 50 such associations in Hong Kong. The proposal for a Chinese Enterprises Association constituency is inconsistent with Hong Kong's general approach of treating all investors and enterprises in the same way regardless of national origin. It could be divisive to create constituencies on the basis of "national" interests rather than economic and professional groups. Many Chinese enterprises are already registered electors in other functional constituencies. The Chinese proposal for an Insurance Functional Constituency could only be formed by splitting the existing Financial Services constituency which was already very small. Given the small number of authorised insurers in Hong Kong (229) the insurance
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constituency would by itself be tiny.
66. The British side put forward revised proposals on the nine new functional constituencies in round nine. These took account of the Chinese proposal that functional constituencies should all be based on organisations, and also built on six of the nine specific Chinese proposals. In subsequent Rounds, the British side offered a number of further revisions to their list of Functional Constituencies, in a major effort to bridge the gap. After these amendments, the British side's nine proposed constituencies were:
Textiles and Garment
Wholesale/Retail and Import/Export
Manufacturing
Agriculture and Fisheries
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