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experience among the unofficial members of the Legislative Council. In order to permit the progressive development of the system within the timescale envisaged, it is considered that a term of office of three years for elected members will be necessary, at least until 1991. Until that time, an element of experience and continuity among the unofficial members will
will be provided by the retention of a number of appointed unofficials; and in practice it is expected that many elected members will stand for re-election for more than one term. When the system is fully in place, say from 1994 onwards, a change to a term of office of six years for elected members, with half the unofficial members being elected every three years, might be considered.
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If it were decided, later in the decade, to move from indirect to direct elections, a start would have to be made in
in 1991 with direct elections replacing collegiate elections in that year and, if that was successful, replacing functional association elections in 1994. Constituencies would be the same as those for Regional Councils.
Executive Council
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It is proposed that, by 1991, the majority of Unofficial Members of the Executive Council (say eight nine) should be elected by the Legislative Council from among their number. In addition, it is proposed that there should be two reserved seats for appointment by the Governor in
the order to ensure a balanced representation of interests on the Council. There should also be members appointed ex-officio from the Civil Service, i.e. the Chief Secretary, the Financial Secretary and the Attorney General.
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Assuming that the period of office of elected members of the Legislative and Executive Councils would both be for three years, so as to fit in with the electoral cycle for the District Boards and the Regional Councils, it is proposed that the arrangements for the election of the majority of the Unofficial Members of the Executive Council by the Legislative Council should be introduced progressively, i.e. four in 1988 and another four (or five) in 1991 following the second and third elections respectively to the Legislative Council. Some Unofficial members might be appointed from elected Legislative
Legislative Council members before that date.