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.
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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.
12. THE LEGAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY IS BASED SPECIFICALLY 00
THE LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG AND THE HONG KONG BAR ASSOCIATION,
THE TWO REPRESENTATIVE ORGANISATIONS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION
IN HONG KONG, AND LAWYERS WITHIN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT AND REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT.
13. THE ENGINEERS AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS' CONSTITUENCY
MENTIONED IN THE WHITE PAPER HAS BEEN RETITLED THE
''ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL, SURVEYING AND PLANNING FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY TO INDICATE MORE CLEARLY THE FOUR PROFESSIONS IT
COVERS. THIS CONSTITUENCY IS BASED ON THE FOUR MAIN LOCAL
REPRESENTATIVE ORGANISATIONS OF THESE PROFESSIONS IN HONG KONG,
NAMELY, THE HONG KONG INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS, AND
THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS.
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