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(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 CONSTITUENCIES.
12. NINE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES 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 MEMBARS ARE CIVIL SERVANT POLICY SECRETARIES. MAN 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 REPRESENTATION AND, WHERE NECESSARY, TO BALANCE SECTORAL INTERESTS.
TYPES AND GROUPINGS OF MEMBERS.
15. THE MEMBERS OF THE 1985 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ARE IN BROAD TERMS NOT GREATLY DIFFERENT FROM BEFORE, BEING GENERALLY MIDDLE CLASS, PROFESSIONAL AND, IN POLITICAL TERMS, MODERATE. HOWEVER, THE ELECTIVE BACKGROUND ALBENT 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): 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 COUNCHL AND WILL DO SO AGAIN ON THE 1986 URBCO ELECTIONS. THESE PRESSURE GROUPS DO NOT FUNCTION AS POLITICAL PARTIES IN A WESTERN
SENSE.
POWERS AND PRIVILEGES.
17. THE POWERS, PRIMILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF THE COUNCIL AND ITS MEMBERS ARE NOW CODIFIED IN AN ORDINANCE ENACTED IN JUNE, 1985.
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18. (AL 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 IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. MEMBERS MAY SPEAK IN ENGLISH OR CANTONESE: SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION IS PROVIDED.
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