5. NINE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES ARE SPECIFIED IN THE SECOND
SCHEDULE. THESE ARE: THE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND LABOUR CONSTITUENCIES WHICH WILL EACH RETURN TWO MEMBERS SEMICOLON AND
THE FINANCIAL CONSTITUENCY, THE SOCIAL SERVICES CONSTITUENCY, THE MEDICAL CONSTITUENCY, THE TEACHING CONSTITUENCY, THE LEGAL CONSTITUENCY AND THE ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL, SURVEYING AND PLANNING CONSTITUENCY, WHICH WILL EACH RETURN ONE MEMBER.
6. THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONSTITUENCIES HAVE BOTH BEEN
DIVIDED INTO TWO ELECTORAL DIVISIONS, WITH EACH DIVISION PROVIDING
FOR ONE MEMBER TO BE ELECTED BY ELECTORS FROM ONE OF THE FOUR
REPRESENTATIVE ORGANISATIONS 1.E. THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE, THE CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, AND THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
OF HONG KONG.
7. THE LABOUR FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY COMPRISES THOSE REGISTERED
TRADE UNIONS WHOSE MEMBERS ARE ALL EMPLOYEES. IT IS ALSO DIVIDED
INTO TWO ELECTORAL DIVISONS, AND EACH REGISTERED EMPLOYEE TRADE
UNION WILL BE ABLE TO CAST A VOTE IN BOTH DIVISIONS.
8. MAMBERS OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF BANKS, WHO MAKE UP THE FINANCIAL CONSTITUENCY, ARE EXCLUDED FROM BEING ELECTORS IN EITHER OF THE INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL CONSTITUENCIES SEMICOLON
THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ONLY IN THEIR OWN (THE FINANCIAL)
CONSTITUENCY.
9.
ELECTORS IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY ARE THE MEMBER AGENCIES OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE
SEMICOLON WHILE THOSE IN THE MEDICAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY ARE MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND OTHER REGISTERED
MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.
10.
THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT IN THE CASE OF A
COMPANY OR OTHER CORPORATE ORGANISATION WHICH WAS A MEMBER OF A FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY ORGANISATION, PROVISION WOULD BE MADE FOR
IT TO APPOINT AN AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE TO VOTE ON ITS
BEHALF.
11.
THE TEACHING FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY GENERALLY COMPRISES REGISTERED AND PERMITTED TEACHERS AND THOSE WHO ARE ENGAGED FULL-TIME, OR PRINCIPALLY, IN TEACHING IN TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, THE TWO POLYTECHNICS AND THE BAPTIST COLLEGE, TOGETHER WITH TEACHERS IN GOVERNMENT
SCHOOLS.
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