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It is also considered that a number Unofficial members should be retained on the Council for the time being, in order
ensure continuity and stability; and a number of Official members should also be retained on the Council to maintain a link between the Council and the Administration, although there would be a gradual reduction in their number.
36.
In the case of the geographical conscituencies it is proposed that an electoral college should be formed consisting of all the elected and, to start with, all the appointed members of the District Boards, the Urban Council and the new Regional Council. It would thus number in the region of 430 members. The electoral college would elect a specified number
representatives
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to be members of the Legislative Council. The electoral college would be able to elect anyone with certain prescribed qualifications, e.g. any registered elector who has been ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for a minimum of 10 years, (which are the same basic qualifications for candidates for the Urban Council and the District Boards) and not necessarily
from among
their number. These arrangements would be introduced progressively with a a view to a total of
of 12 members being elected by the electoral college by 1988.
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In the case of the functional constituencies it is proposed that the present informal system of selecting members from a wide range of such constituencies, which has grown up over many years and has provided much specialist knowledge and valuable expertise, should
developed into 2 more formal representative system by the introduction of appropriate arrangements for the election by each of these functional constituencies of one or more representatives serve on the Legislative Council. For example, the representatives of the legal profession might be elected jointly by the members of the Bar Association and the Law Society; and the present system of electing employees' representatives to the Labour Advisory Board might also be used
elect the representatives of labour organisations. The main chambers of commerce and industrial organisations might elect the representatives of commerce and industry. However, in order to qualify an elector in any of the functional constituencies it would be necessary
be a registered elector on the general electoral roll. These arrangements would also be introduced progressively with a view to a total of 12 members being elected by the functional constituencies by 1988.
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