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members currently elected by the geographical
(District Board) constituencies of the electoral
college. The remaining two seats under the present
electoral college arrangement are filled by the special
constituencies of the Urban and Regional Councils.
There are strong reasons for continuing to have elected
representatives of the two Municipal Councils on the
Legislative Council. They form a key part of the
between the three tiers of
representative government (as described in paragraph
6 (b) of Chapter TI). Consequently, although the
present electoral college will be abolished in 1991,
the Government has decided to retain two special
constituencies SO that each of the Municipal Councils
may continue to elect a Member to the Legislative
system of
Council.
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So far as the
functional constituency system
is concerned, there is a good case for limited
expansion in 1988. The system has worked well since
its introduction in 1985. The public response to the
Green Paper showed that there is wide support for
developing it further. The Green Paper suggested the
following guidelines by which to consider whether a
group or groups should become a functional
constituency:
(a) functional
constituencies should
be
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substantial and of importance in the
community;
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