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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
10.
The Council is now composed of:
12 Unofficial members elected by the electoral colleges;
(a)
(b)
12
Unofficial
constituencies;
members
elected by the
functional
(c)
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(d)
22 Unofficial members appointed by the Governor;
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3 ex-officio members
the Chief Secretary, Financial
Secretary, and
Attorney General and 7 official members appointed by the Governor;
making a total of 56 members
Unofficials and 10 officials.
members for the first time.
in this context.)
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24 elected Unofficials, 22 appointed
The 1985 Council contains elected
("Unofficial" means non-civil servant
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGES
11.
The Electoral colleges comprise members of the District
Boards, the Urban Council 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
(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.
constituencies
FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES
12.
term:
Nine functional constituencies elect 12 members for a 3 year
The details of the functional constituencies are set out in
Appendix I to the paper.
APPOINTED MEMBERS
13.
These are appointed by the Governor with the approval of the
Secretary of State. Official members are civil servant policy
secretaries. In practice, appointments of Unofficials are now for
three years at a time to match the term of elected members.
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