local
affairs.
As
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individuals,
the
electoral collge
representatives come from a wide range of business and
professional backgrounds.
Options for 1988
28.
The electoral college system has clearly played a
useful role in forging better integration of the systems of
representative government in Hong Kong but the criticisms
which have been made of the arrangements for elections from
geographically-based constituencies need
the
to
be
addressed.
29.
The options for 1988 are
(i)
to
retain the present 12 constituencies, each
electing a member to the Legislative Council;
(ii)
to retain the two separate Municipal Council
constituencies and either
(a) reorganize some geographical constituencies to
provide for a more logical grouping of
districts, with an additional seat provided
to constituencies which are particularly
large or diverse in character; or
(b)
number
of
increase significantly the
geographical constituencies to provide for a
more balanced system of territory-wide
representation;
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