''THE INTENTION WOULD BE TO ALLOW ALL WORKERS IN THE VARIOUS SECTORS TO VOTE FOR THESE NEW FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY SEATS. WOULD US HAVE A SECOND VOTE, IN ADDITION TO THEIR VOTES FOR DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS.''
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TIRETS 18E AND F: FOR TIDINESS' SAKE WE SUGGEST OMITTING THE PHRASE 'AND FROM 1994 THE ABOLITION OF ALL APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS' FROM TIRET 18E AND INCLUDING THIS POINT IN TIRET 18F AS FOLLOWS:
''- ABOLITION OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND, FROM 1994, OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS''.
15. TIRET 19: AS SUGGESTED IN PARA 3 ABOVE, WE WOULD REDRAFT THE 1ST SENTENCE OF THIS TIRET AS FOLLOWS:
''NONE OF THESE PROPOSALS INVOLVE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE NOR IN OUR VIEW ARE THEY INCONSISTENT WITH THE BASIC LAW.'
16.
TIRET 20: WE WONDER ABOUT THE WISDOM OF INCLUDING A TIME LIMIT.
PAST EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT THE CHINESE TEND TO RESIST OUR EFFORTS AT IMPOSING A TIMETABLE AND SIMPLY IGNORE THE DEADLINES. MENTIONING SPRING 1993 MIGHT SIMPLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO NOTHING UNTIL THEN. A POSSIBLE REDRAFT WITH A SLIGHT CHANGE OF EMPHASIS WOULD BE:
''THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL PUT THESE PROPOSALS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN SPRING 1993.
IT WOULD THEN BE OBVIOUS THAT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE WILL NEED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE BEFORE THE PROPOSALS ARE PUT TO LEGCO.
17. WE HAVE NO COMMENTS ON THE SUPPLEMENTARIES.
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