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Hong Kong's Rita Fan suggests cutting Legco seats to save costs

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Rita Fan, Hong Kong's first post-handover Legislative Council president, has suggested reviewing the number of seats in the council to reduce costs. She agreed with the sentiment that maintaining 90 seats is more expensive than a smaller number, like 60. Fan also mentioned past discussions between Hong Kong and Shenzhen authorities regarding border development prior to the 1997 handover, which ultimately did not proceed. AI

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Hong Kong's Rita Fan suggests cutting Legco seats to save costs

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Leopold Chen ·

    Hong Kong should review reducing number of Legco seats to cut costs, Rita Fan says

    Hong Kong’s first Legislative Council president following the city’s return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 suggested reviewing the number of seats in Legco, citing the need to use public funds properly. Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai also said on Sunday that Hong Kong and Shenzhen authorit…

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