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Regional Forum on Constitutional Development
(New Territories East)
(28 July 2004)
Group Discussion Summaries
Group 6: Mr CHEUNG Tat-leung
(Translation)
Method for Selecting the Chief Executive
The Number of Members of the Election Committee
The Composition of the Election Committee
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A participant suggested that the Election Committee should compose solely of elected representatives, including Legislative Council Members, members of the District Councils and representatives of district organizations. Although the number of Election Committee members and the number of sectors might be reduced, the popular mandate of the Election Committee would be
enhanced.
The Number of Members of the Required for Nominating Candidates
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The majority of participants were of the view that both an upper and lower limit should be set for the number of nominations required. The lower limit should be set at 5% and the upper limit 10% of the total number of Election Committee members.
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A participant opined that no upper limit should be set because this would inhibit a candidate from contesting with a high degree of support and thereby impede fair elections.
The Delineation and Size of the Electorate of the Election Committee
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Many participants supported that the Election Committee should include all members of District Councils, as well as representatives elected from civic organizations such as owners' corporations and kai-fong associations. The reason was that these members would have popular mandate.
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A participant suggested that representatives of civil servants should be included into the fourth sector as the civil service had a sizable presence in the community.
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Some participants suggested replacing corporate voting by individual voting so as to broaden the electorate.
Method for Forming the Legislative Council
The Number of Seats in the Legislative Council
The Number of Seats Returned by Functional Constituencies
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The majority of participants would like to increase the number of seats returned by functional constituencies, while the number of seats returned by geographical constituencies should remain unchanged. They opined that only the functional constituencies could represent the views of the people in the relevant sectors.
The Delineation and Size of the Electorate of Legislative Council Functional Constituencies
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A participant suggested adding constituencies for entertainment services, owners' corporations and mutual aid committees.
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A participant suggested that in future, functional constituencies could be converted into constituencies which are returned by universal suffrage so as to move towards the goal of returning all Legislative Council Members by universal suffrage.
Provisions regarding Nationality of Legislative Council Members
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