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4.

(a) the size and

(b)

composition of the Election

Committee, the delineation of each category membership and the selection of individual members from each category; and

of

procedures for the nomination and election of

candidates to the legislature.

The

British

Government's

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 :

we

the

(a)

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 function once

its main task of returning

the members Of the legislature has been

A fresh electoral roll would

accomplished.

be compiled for each new election;

(b) the composition of the Election Committee 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

representative as possible;

as

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