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5.

(d)

the procedure for the

nomination by the

candidates to the

Election Committee of

legislature should be simple, open and

prescribed in the electoral law; and

(e) voting should be by secret ballot.

Having

regard to the composition of other election committees provided for in the present draft of the Basic

Law, the British Government would like to suggest the

following basis for further detailed discussion of the

composition of the Election Committee :

(a)

Industrial, commercial and

25%

financial sectors :

the professions: labour,

social services and religious

sectors

(b)

Senior political figures:

25%

including former Executive

Councillors, former

Legislative Councillors

(c)

Members of Municipal Councils

25%

and the District Boards

(d)

Representatives of statutory

25%

and advisory boards and

committees as listed in the

Hong Kong Civil and Miscellaneous List (only those members who are

not also civil servants).

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