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March 1986 Urban Council and Regional Council elections produced mainly social workers and educationalists. A basic dimension of this problem is arithmetical: short of

considerable alteration of the District Board Electoral College boundaries, the choice is

to have the present 10

latter choice would mean

seats, or none at all; and the

abolishing a type of representation only introduced in 1985.

20. There are several possible variations. Some appear in the table below:

COMPONENT

1985

1988

PRESENT POSITION

(A)

(B)

(C) (D)

Functional

12

16

16

16

16

Official

10

14

14

14

14

Electoral Colleges

12

12

12

12

2

Appointed

22

22

22

12

22

Directly elected

0

О

10

10

10

56

(a) no directly members added;

64

74

64

64

(b) 10 directly elected members

no reductions;

added;

(c) 10 directly elected members added:

appointed members reduced by 10;

(d) 10 directly elected members added;

Electoral College members reduced

by 10;

(In all options

for 1988,

four

members and four

official

functional

members are added

constituency

by way

of

illustration.)

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