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11. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGES COMPRISE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS, THE URBAN COUNCH AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, WHO ELECT 12 MEMBERS FOR A 3 YEAR TERM TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. THE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ARE FOR THIS PURPOSE GROUPED INTO 10 GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES (EACH REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY 500,000 PEOPLE) PROVIDING 10 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE REMAINING TWO MEMBERS ARE ELECTED BY TWO CONSTITUENCIES FORMED RESPECTIVELY BY MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL AND OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCHES
12. NINE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCHES ELECT 12 MEMBERS FOR A 3 YEAR TERM: DETAILS ARE IN THE EXTRACT FROM THE 1984 WHITE PAPER AT
ANNEX A.
APPOINTED MEMBERS
13. THESE ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. OFFICIAL MEMBERS ARE GIVIL SERVANT POLICY SECRETARIES. IN PRACTICE, APPOINTMENTS OF UNOFFICIALS ARE NOW FOR THREE YEARS AT A TIME TO MATCH THE TERM OF ELECTED MEMBERS.
14. THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE BY THE GOVERNOR TO ENSURE A BROAD SPECTRUM OF REPRESENTATHON AND, WHERE NECESSARY, TO BALANCE SECTORAL INTERESTS.
TYPES AND GROUPINGS OF MEMBERS
AGR
15. THE MEMBERS OF THE 1985 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ARE IN BROAD TERMS NOT GREATLY DIFFERENT FROM BEFORE, BEING GENERALLY MIDDLE CLASS, PROFESSIONAL AND, # POLITICAL TERMS, MODERATE. HOWEVER, THE ELECTIVE BACKGROUND ALBERT LIMITED OF 24 OF THE MEMBERS MEANS THAT THEY REPRESENT IN A MORE SHARPLY DEFINED WAY THAN BEFORE VARIOUS INTEREST GROUPS IN THE COUNCIL (FOR EXAMPLE, EDUCATION AND THE SOCIAL SERVICES) SEMICOLON THEY ARE UNDER GREATER PRESSURE TO SPEAK UP FOR THEIR INTEREST GROUPS, AND TO PROVE BY THEIR DILIGENCE THEIR VALUE AS NEW, ELECTED, MEMBERS. THE MEDHA ALSO EXPECTS MORE OF THEM ON THIS LATTER SCORE.
16. HONG KONG HAS A WELL-DEVELOPED AND ACTIVE RANGE OF PRESSURE GROUPS OUTSIDE THE LEGISLATURE WHICH HAVE RECENTLY BEGUN TO SUPPORT CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND WILL DO SO AGAIN IN THE 1986 URBCO ELECTIONS. THESE PRESSURE GROUPS DO NOT FUNCTION AS POLITICAL PARTIES IN A WESTERN
SENSE.
METHOD OR WORK
17. (A) UNDERLINE NEXT WORD MEETINGS LEGCO MEETS PUBLICLY FOR ONE
HALF-DAY PER WEEK EXCEPT FOR SHORT RECESSES AT CHRISTMAS, CHINESE NEW YEAR AND EASTER AND A RECESS OF ABOUT TWO MONTHS * AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. MEMBERS MAY SPEAK IN ENGLISH OR CANTONESE: SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION IS PROVIDED.
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