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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, TO WHICH 24 MEMBERS WOULD BE CHOSEN FOR THE
FIRST TIME BY INDIRECT ELECTIONS: 12 WERE TO BE ELECTED BY
ELECTORAL COLLEGES COMPRISING ALL MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS,
THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE NEW REGIONAL COUNCIL, AND 12 BY
SPECIFIC FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES COVERING THE MAJOR SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, EXCLUDING THE PRESIDENT (THE GOVERNOR) WAS INCREASED FROM 46 TO 56 MEMBERS, WITH OFFICIAL MEMBERSHIP DECREASING FROM 16 TO 10, AND UNOFFICIAL APPOINTED MEMBERSHIP DECREASING FROM 30 TO 22. ADDITION A REVIEW WAS PROMISED FOR 1987 TO CONSIDER WHETHER AND
IF SO WHAT FURTHER CHANGES SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN 1988. THIS,
TOGETHER WITH THE PROPOSAL TO INTRODUCE 24 INDIRECTLY ELECTED
MEMBERS, DIFFERED FROM THE PROPOSALS IN THE GREEN PAPER, WHERE A REVIEW IN 1989 AND THE INTRODUCTION OF ONLY 12 INDIRECTLY ELECTED
MEMBERS WERE SUGGESTED. THESE CHANGES DEMONSTRATED THE
WILLINGNESS OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND TO
CONSTRUCTIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
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