SECRET
11. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
MEMBERS
(A) ELECTED BY
(1) ELECTORAL COLLEGE NIL
NIL
12
25
(11) FUNCTIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS
NIL
NIL
5
10
15
(B) APPOINTED MEMBERS 29(1)
32(2)
23
15
NIL
(C) OFFICIAL MEMBERS 18
16
13
12
10
TOTAL
47
48
47
49
50
NOTE: (1) THESE ARE MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE URBAN COUNCIL OR
DISTRICT BOARDS.
(2) SIX WILL BE MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE URBAN COUNCIL OR DISTRICT
BOARDS.
13. BOTH SEQUENCES REQUIRE A RAPID REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF APPOINTED MEMBERS WHO COULD NOT RELY ON ELECTION EITHER THROUGH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE OR BY THE FUNCTIONAL ASSOCIATIONS BUT
THE SECOND SEQUENCE IN PARAGRAPH 12 ABOVE WOULD GIVE A MORE
GRADUAL BUILD-UP OF MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
14. THE PROCESS OF RUNNING DOWN THE NUMBER OF APPOINTED MEMBERS
BY 1991 WILL BE SEEN BY SOME PEOPLE AS A RETROGRADE STEP, BUT
THERE IS NO EASY ALTERNATIVE WAY OF TRANSFERRING THE SOURCE OF
POLITICAL POWER TO THE COMMUNITY IN PREPARATION FOR THE CHANGE
IN 1997. IF THE PROPOSALS IN THIS MEMORANDUM FOR ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ARE TO BE PURSUED, IN 1985 NINE APPOINTED MEMBERS WILL HAVE TO MAKE WAY: IN 1988, A FURTHER EIGHT: AND, IN 1991, THE REMAINING FIFTEEN. 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.
15. IF A LONGER TIME SCALE WAS NEEDED, THE FINAL STAGE COULD AWAIT THE 1994 ELECTION. THE FINAL SECTION OF THE SECOND SEQUENCE IN PARAGRAPH 12 ABOVE WOULD THEN BE
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS:
1988
1991
1994
(A) ELECTED BY
(1) ELECTORAL COLLEGE
12
18
25
(11) FUNCTIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
10
12
15
(B) APPOINTED MEMBERS
15
10
NIL
(C) OFFICIAL MEMBERS
12
10
10
TOTAL SECRET
49
50
50
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