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Council and would weaken links between the Administration
and the Legislature.
Option (iii) would enable certain
important areas of the Administration's responsibilities
such as housing or the economic services to be
represented
in Council, once again, by the policy
Secretary responsible. But depending on the increase in
the number of Official Members the balance of Membership
of the Council could be affected.
Appointed Members
11.
if an
タージ
The 1984 White Paper took the view that,
element of continuity was to be maintained in the
workings of the Legislative Council, it would be unwise
to reduce the number of Appointed members appreciably or
too hastily in the short term. Thus, although 24 elected
members were added to the Legislative Council in 1985 the
number of Appointed Members was reduced by seven, from 29
to 22.
12.
There has been little suggestion, since the
publication of the White Paper, that the practice of
appointing Members to the Legislative Council should
The systems for electing members to the
cease.
There are
Legislative Council are still evolving.
therefore arguments for maintaining Appointed Members to
promote stability and continuity at a time of
of change.
Further, the retention of Appointed Members ensures that
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