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General and, at present, 29 Unofficial members and 15 Official members, who are appointed by the Governor with the approval of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. The Legislative Council's primary function is the enactment of legislation, including legislation for the appropriation of public funds. It also questions the Administration on matters of public interest and debates questions of policy. In addition, it exercises control over the expenditure of public funds through the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council, which consists of the Chief Secretary, as chairman, the Financial Secretary, one other Official member of the Council (by convention the Secretary for Lands and Works) and all the Unofficial members of the Council.
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Beneath the Governor
Governor in his capacity as the chief executive are
his three principal advisers: the Chief Secretary, who, inter alia, is head of the Civil Service and the Governor's deputy; the Financial Secretary, who is the Governor's adviser on budgetary and fiscal policy and economic and monetary affairs; and the Attorney General, who is the Governor's legal adviser. These three officials are members ex-officio of both the Executive and Legislative Councils and, as of right, each has direct access to the Governor. It is under the direction
direction of these three principal advisers that the Civil Service operates, through the machinery of the 14 branches of the Government Secretariat and 59 executive departments and agencies.
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In addition to the three main constitutional institutions and the Civil Service are the Urban Council, 18 District Boards, and an extensive network of Boards and Committees.
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The Urban Council is a statutory and financially autonomous body responsible for providing municipal services as well as cultural
cultural and recreational facilities throughout the urban areas. It comprises 30 councillors, 15 of whom are appointed by the Governor and 15 directly elected on a constituency basis. The Chairman is elected by the Council from
from amongst
amongst its membership. The elected members automatically have the urban District Boards in whose area their constituency lies,
lies, and the
the appointed members are also allocated seats on District Boards.
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The 18 District Boards were set up in 1982 on a geographical basis covering the whole of Hong Kong. Of the total membership of the District Boards, about one-third are officials, one-third are appointed unofficials and the remainder (132 at present) are directly elected unofficials. It is in the District Boards that the concept of representative
government
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