This memorandum does not make any proposals for subsequent changes in the pattern of local administration between 1986 and 1997. There will, however, undoubtedly be changes, possibly involving a move towards fully elected District Boards and Regional Councils. Any such changes will affect the composition of the electoral college
electoral college which will elect many of the unofficial members of the
the Legislative Council (paragraphs 10 to 16 below)
Legislative Council
(A)
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Composition
It is
proposed that progressively over the next decade the unofficial membership of the Legislative Council should be elected
C
(a) through elections from an electoral college made up of unofficial members of District Boards and the Regional Councils. The electoral college would be able to elect anyone with certain prescribed qualifications (e.g. age, minimum length of residence in Hong Kong) and not necessarily from among their number. In the initial stages all members both elected and appointed would constitute the college. At a later stage it might be desirable to confine membership of the electoral elected members only;
college to
(b)
through elections
from
identified
functional groups such as
commercial and
industrial
associations,
educational
and medical
professions,
labour
organisations,
institutions, the legal
traditional organisations, etc.
A working link and a relationship with the Administration would be retained by continuing to appoint a number of officials as members of the Legislative Council.
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