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Appointed and Elected Members without major consequences
for the overall size and balance of membership in the
Council in 1988.
Elected Members
15.
Chapter II set out the background to the
introduction of 24 elected members into the Legislative
Council. The following paragraphs review developments
since the publication of the 1984 White Paper and discuss
the arguments for and against further development of the
electoral college and functional constituency systems.
Functional Constituencies
Developments since the 1984 White Paper
16.
the
a system of
elections,
based on
The 1984 Green and White Papers envisaged that
development of
functional constituencies, would ensure not only that the
Legislative Council continued to benefit from the
participation of members from a wide range of
professional backgrounds and expertise, but also that
such members would objectively reflect the views of the
professions and occupations by which they were elected.
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