10. INITIALLY THERE WILL BE NINE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES. THEY WILL REPRESENT THE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, FINANCIAL, LABOUR AND SOCIAL SERVICES SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE TEACHING, LEGAL, MEDICAL AND COMBINED ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL, PLANNING AND SURVEYING PROFESSIONS.
11. THE COMMERCIAL CONSTITUENCY WILL BE REPRESENTED BY THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE WHILE THE INDUSTRIAL CONSTITUENCY WILL BE REPRESENTED
BY THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES AND THE CHINESE
MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG. EACH OF THESE FOUR ORGANISATIONS WILL RETURN ONE MEMBER EACH TO THE COUNCIL. THE LABOUR CONSTITUENCY, MADE UP OF ALL REGISTERED TRADE UNIONS, WILL RETURN TWO MEMBERS, WHILE THE OTHER CONSTITUENCIES WILL EACH RETURN ONE MEMBER. THUS, 12 MEMBERS IN ALL WILL BE ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY THESE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.
12. AT THE SAME TIME, THE NUMBER OF APPOINTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE REDUCED FROM THE PRESENT 30 TO 22: WHILE THE NUMBER OF OFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL BE REDUCED FROM 16 TO 10,
INCLUDING THE THREE (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS.
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13. THUS, THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT SESSION WILL BE INCREASED FROM THE PRESENT 46 TO 56: THERE WILL BE TWO CATEGORIES OF ELECTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, ''POPULIST AND FUNCTIONAL, AND TWELVE IN EACH: THE RATION OF ELECTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS TO APPOINTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL BE 24:22: AND THE RATIO OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS TO OFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL BE 46:10, COMPARED WITH 30:16 AT PRESENT.
THE 1987 REVIEW
14. THE WHITE PAPER ALSO ANNOUNCED THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO CONDUCT A REVIEW IN 1987 OF OUR EXPERIENCE DURING THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OF THE LIFE OF THE NEW COUNCIL. AS PERCEIVED AT THIS TIME, THE REVIEW WILL ADDRESS AT LEAST FOUR QUESTIONS.
15. (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) FIRST, THE REVIEW WILL CONSIDER WHAT FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF SELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1988 AND BEYOND SHOULD BE CONTEMPLATED INCLUDING WHETHER AND, IF SO, WHEN, AT LEAST A PROPORTION OF THE COUNCIL'S MEMBERSHIP SHOULD BE MADE UP OF MEMBERS DIRECTLY, AS OPPOSED TO INDIRECTLY, ELECTED. (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) SECONDLY, THE REVIEW WILL CONSIDER POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE POWERS, COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF SELECTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, INCLUDING WAYS AND MEANS OF DEVISING A LINK AND THE EXTENT OF THAT LINK BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE LEGISLATURE BY, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME FORM OF MINISTERIAL SYSTEM. (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) THIRDLY, THE REVIEW WILL CONSIDER WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE ANY CHANGES IN THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNOR ON BOTH THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. AND (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) FOURTHLY, THE REVIEW WILL CONSIDER THE NEED FOR AND TIMING OF ANY FURTHER REVIEW OR REVIEWS.
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