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(SAY HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITOPIES) WITH MULTI-
MEMBER CONSTITUENCIES (SAY FOUR FOR EACH) WITH THE OBJECT OF
CREATING A DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCY BASE FROM ELECTORAL COLLEGE
MEMBERS.
(C) TO USE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENCIES BASED ON DISTRICT BOARD
CONSTITUENCIES IN VARIOUS CONFIGURATIONS, PROVIDING UP TO 19
MEMBERS:
(D) USING INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENCIES, BASED ON THE SAME AREAS AS
THE PRESENT ELECTORAL COLLEGES (EACH GROUPING TWO OR THREE DISTRICT
BOARDS) WHICH WOULD PROVIDE 12 MEMBERS.
18. BEGINS SQUARE BRACKETS THERE WOULD BE LITTLE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR
(A) ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT EVENTUALLY BECOME A METHOD OF GIVING LEGITIMACY TO THE APPOINTMENT OF APPOINTED MEMBERS, IF THAT CATEGORY
WERE TO BE RETAINED. METHOD (B) MIGHT BE FEASIBLE BUT COULD BE
CRITIKISED AS TOO COMPLEXT AND AS NOT PROVIDING A SUFFICIENTLY
CLOSE LINK BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBER AND HIS CONSTITUENCY.
METHODS (C) AND (D) WOULD PARALLEL EXISTING DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS
AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE ELECTIONS RESPECTIVELY. OPTION (D) COULD GIVE
RISE TO THE ARGUMENT THAT ELECTORAL COLLEGE ELECTIONS WERE NO
LONGER REQUIRED, AND THAT THIS PART OF LEGO'S MEMBERSHIP SHOULD BE
ABOLISHED. END SQUARE BRACKETS.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FUNCTIONS AND PROCEDURES
19 THE GREEN PAPER NOTED THAT ''NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE PRESENT
FUNCTIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ARE THOUGHT TO BE NECESSARY''.
IT ALSO NOTED THAT THERE MAY BE SCOPE FOR SOME DEVELOPMENT IN THE
USE OF SELECT COMMITTEES. THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL WISH TO
DEVELOP ITS OWN WORKING PROCEDURES AND IS INDEED ALREADY DOING So.
THERE IS NO INTENTION TO COMMENCE A REVIEW OF ITS STANDING ORDERS
FOR SIX MONTHS OR MORE AND IN ANY CASE THERE IS SUFFICIENT SCOPE
UNDER ITS PRESENT STANDING ORDERS FOR SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING
OPTIONS :
(A) TO CONTINUE THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF CREATING AD HOC COMMITTEES
OF LEGCO MEMBERS TO DEAL WITH BILLS AND TO REVIEW SPECIFIC ISSUES
OF POLICY:
(B) TO FORM MORE SELECT COMMITTEES TO DEAL WITH MAJOR ISSUES.
(THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON COMMERCIAL CRIME HAS BEEN RECONSTITUTED
IN THIS SESSION AND A SELECT COMMITTEE FORMED ON BENEFITS FOR FORMER
PRISONERS OF WAR.):
(C) TO CREATE STANDING POLICY COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL WITH
RESPONSIBILITIES IN SPECIFIC AREAS AND WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS EITHER
AS MEMBERS (IF THEY ARE THEMSELVES LEGCO MEMBERS) OR IN
ATTENDANCE.
20. UMELCO (THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF BOTH EXECUTIVE AND
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. WILL PRESUMABLY ALSO CONTINUE WITH ITS PRACTICE
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