In other words all appointed members will have to go in seven years from now unless they seek to continue in service through one or other of the forms of election proposed. Any new members appointed in 1984 and 1985 will have the opportunity of serving for seven and six years respectively.
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If a longer time scale was needed, the final stage could await the 1994 election. The final section of second sequence in paragraph 13 above would then be -
the
Legislative Council Members:
1988
1991
1994
(a)
elected by
(ii)
(i) electoral college
functional
12
18
25
associations
10
12
15
(b)
appointed members
(c)
official members
Total
1200
15
10
10
49
50
998
nil
10
50
(c) Choice of election years
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It is proposed
proposed that District Board election years should be chosen for electoral college elections because most members of the electoral college would be elected District Board members. If the target date
date for full development of the system was
deferred until 1992, major changes in the membership of Legislative Council could take place in Regional Council election years, i.e. 1986, 1989, 1992 (with a possible final stage in 1995). In both cases, elections could take place in August or September depending on whether appointments to the Legislative Council are to run from 1 September (as now) or 1 October.
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Electoral college elections in Regional Council election years would be exactly mid-term in the District Board cycle and would start in 1986 rather than 1985. This would give District Board members more
members more time to settle down, but would mean 18 months of political uncertainty every three years for those members of the Legislative Council seeking re-election, instead of six months if elections take place in District Board election years. It is considered that it would be better, therefore, to complete the District Board and Legislative Council elections in one year and then have a period of two and a half years of political certainty before the next District Board elections.
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