(a)
(b)
Twelve members (rather than 6 as proposed in the Green Paper) will be elected to the Legislative Council by an Electoral College in 1985. Ten will be elected by District Board members on a geographical basis, and the other two by the Urban Council and the proposed new Regional Council.
Similarly, twelve members (instead of 6 originally proposed in the Green Paper) will be elected in 1985 by
9 functional constituencies representing various
sectors of the community (eg commerce, industry,
education and social services).
(c) The number of appointed members of the Legislative
Council will be reduced in 1985 from the present total
of 30 to 22 (instead of the Green Paper 23), and the
number of Official members from the present 16 to 10
(instead of 13 in the Green Paper).
(d) Thus there will be 24 elected members of the Legislative
Council. In total it will have 56 members instead of
the present 46 and the 48 originally proposed in the
Green Paper.
(e) The White Paper will contain a commitment to a further
review of progress towards representative government in 1987. Among the subjects that will be covered in this review are direct elections, and the position of the Governor as President of the Legislative Council.
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