The Municipal Councils, comprising
23. ᄆ the Urban and
bodies with a range of
and markets and the
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financially Regional Councils, are
statutory responsibilities for the provision of muncipal services such as public cleansing, licensing restaurants
provision and management of recreational
The Urban Council's authority
extends over Hong Kong Island and Kowloon; that of the Regional
Council, which was formally constituted on 1 April 1986, over the
New Territories.
Both Councils include elected
cultural and
sporting
of
facilities
and appointed
members
Το maintain close connections between district and
regional levels
representative government, members of the Urban
Council sit as members of
Territories District Boards elect members to sit on the Regional
Council. Pa cello)
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District Boards
whilst the
New
The principal functions of the Legislative Council are to enact legislation and control the expenditure of public funds The
Council questions the Administration on matters of public interest
and debates its
in regard to policy Until 1985 the
proposals
Following the
Council consisted of appointed members only.
principles laid down in the 1984 Hong Kong Government White Paper on the Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong,
24 members of the Council have, since 1985, been chosen by a system
of indirect elections. Twelve are elected by an electoral college
comprising
of the District Boards and the Urban and
twelve by functional
members all
Regional Councils; and
constituencies
representing significant sectors of the community. <Pa (ed18)
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2013) on
The Legislative Council
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25.
The 1985-86
session of the Legislative Council marked a
In addition to the introduction
significant stage. in its history
of elected members for the first time, the size of the Council was
increased from 45 to 56, and the number of civil servant members was
reduced from 16 to 10. The Council also moved to a new Chamber,
physically
from the central Government
weekly, instead
separate
of
some
72 Bills at
every two weeks.
various stages of
offices, and me t
In addition to dealing with
enactment Council members asked
296 questions and 797 supplementary questions of official members,
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