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Question No. 1
Reply by the Hon. Sir Philip Haddon-Cave, K. B. E., C.M.G., J.P., Chief Secretary,
to a question by Mr. Chan Ying-lun,
in the Legislative Council on 6 February 1985
21 FEB 1985
Sir,
Question: In preparing the legislation for the
indirect election of Unofficial Members
of Legislative Council
functional
constituencies,
through
can
what
Government inform this Council
sort of consultations have been held
with the nine functional constituencies
involved?
Following the publication of the White Paper on the Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong on 21 November 1984, the Director, Councils and
Administration Branch of the Government Secretariat and
members of his staff held a series of informal meetings with the Chairmen, Presidents and senior officials of the
various representative organisations on which the two types of functional constituencies will be based, namely those comprising corporate bodies and those comprising
certain professional organisations involved included:-
members
of
pursuits.
The
/the Hong Kong