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Chapter VII Summary
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A summary
of the Government's intentions and legislative proposals relating to the further development of representative government at the central level in Hong Kong is as follows:
Main Aims (Chapter I)
(a)
The main aims are to develop progressively a system of representative government at the central level which is more directly accountable to the
the people of Hong Kong and is firmly rooted in Hong Kong; to base this system on Our existing institutions, as far as possible, and to preserve their best features; and to allow for further development later on.
The objectives described in this White Paper are intended cover only the next stage in the development of representative
government
Hong Kong. Further developments will be considered later in the light of experience.
to
The Legislative Council (Chapter II)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
in
In 1985, 24 Unofficial members of the Legislative
Council will be elected -
(i)
(ii)
all
by an electoral college composed of members of the Urban Council, the new Regional Council, and the District Boards, and
by specific functional constituencies.
The District Board members of the electoral college will be grouped into ten geographical constituencies. Members of the Urban Council and Regional Council will form two special constituencies. Thus 12 Unofficial members will be elected to the Legislative Council from the electoral college in 1985.
In 1985 there will be nine functional constituencies returning 12 members to the Legislative Council on the basis set out in paragraph 16.
The number of appointed Unofficial members of the Council will be reduced to 22 in 1985.
The number of Official members of the Council will be reduced to ten in 1985.
The
composition of the Legislative Council in 1985 will be :
(i)
12 Unofficial members elected by the electoral college,