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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, WHICH WILL BE REPRESENTED BY ALL REGISTERED EMPLOYEE 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.
7. THE NUMBER OF APPOINTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WILL, AT THE SAME TIME, BE REDUCED TO 22: WHILE THE NUMBER OF OFFICIAL
MEMBERS WILL BE REDUCED TO TEN.
8. THUS, THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT SESSION WILL BE INCREASED FROM THE PRESENT
46 TO 56.
THE 1987 REVIEW
9. 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. THESE ARE:
FIRST, THE REVIEW WILL CONSIDER WHAT FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF SELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE 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 ELECTED.
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.
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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
FOURTHLY, THE NEED FOR AND TIMING OF FURTHER REVIEWS.
PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES
10. THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH THE PLANS STATED IN THE WHITE PAPER
FOR THIS NEXT STAGE IN OUR CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ARE BASED
ARE BY NOW, I THINK, WELL KNOWN, BUT THEY ARE WORTH REPEATING.
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