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SURVEY COMMISSIONED BY SURVEY OFFICE TECHNICALLY FLAWED?
Always easy to criticise basis of any public opinion survey.
Detailed technical judgements involved.
This survey was conducted by a highly reputable and professional company (AGB/McNair)
Nonsense to suggest that it was deliberately biased. Nonsense to suggest that criticism levelled against this one survey in some way invalidates review as a whole.
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Survey was
small element in exhaustive exercise of public consultation, one page in the luminous report of Survey Office. But in any case HKG will take account of criticism of survey in its final decisions.
No truth in allegation that conduct and outcome of survey were manipulated by Hong Kong Government.
COMPOSITION OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL REPRESENT WIDEST POSSIBLE RANGE
OF INTERESTS
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Legislative Council comprises 57 members, including
12 elected by Municipal Councils and District Boards.
12 elected by functional constituencies, on basis of occupation and professions e.g. labour, medical, legal.
- 22 appointed by the Governor. Appointments made with a view to achieving balance of interests in the Council.
SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT ON URBAN AND
REGIONAL COUNCILS AND DISTRICT BOARDS
Urban Council comprises 30 members of whom 15 are directly elected on geographical basis.
Regional Council comprises 36 members of whom 12 are directly elected on geographical basis and 9 are indirectly elected on geographical basis.
District Boards comprise 426 members of whom 237 are directly elected on geographical basis.
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