Minutes - 27th Meeting Of Exco

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The Civic Party 27th meeting of the Executive Committee Date: September 26, 2006 (Tuesday) Time: 6:30 p.m. Venue: Party’s HQ Present: (1) Kuan Hsin-chi (Chairman), (2) Joseph Cheng Yu Shek, (3) Audrey Eu Yuet Mee, (4) Fernando Cheung Chiu Hung, (5) Margaret Ng Ngoi Yee, (6) Chan Ka Lok, (7) Alan Leong Kah Kit, (8) Gladys Veronica Li, (9) Stephen Char Shek Ngor, (10) Claudia Mo Man Ching, (11) Thomas Yu Kwun Wai, (12) Albert Lai Kwong Tak, (13) Mandy Tam Heung Man, (14) Amy Yung Wing Sheung In Attendance: Tsang Kwok Fung Items

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Part A - Confirmation of Minutes 1. Agenda Members endorsed the agenda as distributed. 2. Minutes of the Last Meeting Members approved the minutes of the last meeting. 3. Matters Arising from the Minutes (a) Roundtable meeting with active members S-G reported that CAO had already invited all active members to attend the captioned meeting. All ExCo members were reminded to join. (b) Non-intervention Forum The non-intervention forum would be held on October 1. Reply from the government was still pending. Minutes of 27th ExCo meeting 26/09/06

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Part B – Items for Discussion 4. Agenda for CP’s AGM S-G introduced the paper on the coming AGM’s agenda prepared by Mark. Members decided that: (a) A press conference should be held after the AGM to report the results of the elections in the AGM and the endorsement of the party’s CE candidate. (b) All applicants confirmed 14 days before the AGM would be invited to attend the AGM. CAO was asked to remind Branch Chairpersons to speed up the confirmation process. (c) The elections of Office Bearers should follow the order of the posts listed in the A&A. The elections of the district branch chairpersons should follow the alphabetical order while those of policy branch chairpersons should follow the order listed in the A&A. (d) When there is a contested vote, secret ballots should be adopted in the election. (e) The Treasurer was requested to produce a management account for the AGM. CAO was asked to pass on the details of the account to the Treasurer as soon as possible. (f) An Honorary Auditor should be appointed at the AGM. The Treasurer was asked to nominate an Honorary Auditor for the party. (g) The appointment of an Ethics and Standards Committee should be completed at the AGM. (h) Members of ExCo should each produce a work report of their own, while the Chairman and S-G would compile all the reports into a report of ExCo. Even those without portfolios should produce their own reports. (i) There would be a Questions & Discussions session for every agenda items at the AGM. The Chairman was asked to set a time limit for every discussion session to better control the time. (j) All candidates for the ExCo membership should prepare a simple future work plan. All candidates would be given a chance to address party members before the election. The address would be optional. (k) There would be an AOB item in the agenda. However, the item would Minutes of 27th ExCo meeting 26/09/06

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not be used for the discussion of significant issues. (l) Members noted the need to hold a policy conference initiated by policy branches following the AGM. However, considering the coming CE election campaign which would increase the workload of the party, the conference would be scheduled after the CE election. 5. CP’s Proposal on Universal Suffrage Discussions on the captioned subject were held. The following principles were adopted as the party’s position: (a) Universal Suffrage by 2012 As the electoral system for the Chief Executive election in 2007 had already been settled, the Civic Party now demands that the SAR government should immediately implement universal suffrage for the Chief Executive and Legislative Council elections in 2012. This is a basic political right that the majority of Hong Kong people demand in choosing their own government. (b) CE Election In the 23rd meeting of the Executive Committee, the following principles had already been agreed upon as the party’s basic position for future discussion of the CE election model. The four principles are as follows: i.

universal suffrage in the election of the Chief Executive should be implemented as soon as possible; ii. genuine competition would be an essential criterion governing the acceptance of any CE election method for the future for discussion; iii. any proposal on the reform of the CE Election Committee should push for further democratization according to a clear timetable; iv. a demand for “de facto veto power” by any specific group should be rejected. (c) Composition and Elections of Legislative Council Minutes of 27th ExCo meeting 26/09/06

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i. ii.

CP demands universal suffrage for the Legislative Council elections in 2012; Any proposal for the reform of the elections of Legislative Council should ultimately aim at removing all functional constituencies.

(d) Consultation on Political Development i.

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The discussion of future political development models should be conducted by the Legislative Council with a clear mandate from the electorate rather than by the government-appointed Strategic Development Commission. The current arrangement does not respect the majority view of Hong Kong people. The Civic Party demands that the consultation process concerning future political development should be based on the principles of fairness, impartiality and transparency. Only consultation in accord with these principles can facilitate healthy and meaningful discussions involving all in the community.

Further, members decided that the ExCo should consult the party members on the above proposed position. A forum scheduled at 4:45 p.m. on October 1 following the non-intervention forum was proposed. CAO would be responsible for the arrangement.

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6. Nominations for ExCo Elections Member discussed the criteria in identifying new candidates. It was noted that Ka Lok would be considering giving up his role as CSD policy branch chairperson. Names were discussed to fill the vacancy. Four names were suggested: Stephen Chan, Wong Hung, Linda Wong and Betty Ng. The Chairman and S-G would approach them in that order.

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7. Chairman’s Announcements There was no Chairman’s announcement at the meeting. 8. Party Leader’s Report There was no Party Leader’s report at the meeting. 9. S-G’s Report There was no S-G’s report at the meeting. 10. Branch/Committee Chairpersons’ Reports There was no branch/committee report at the meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:44 p.m.

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