}
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members currently elected by
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
of the representatives of
two Municipal Councils on the
Legislative Council.
form They
а
key part of
the
of
links between
G.F. 316
system
the three tiers of
representative government (as described in paragraph
6 (b) of Chapter TT). Consequently, although the
present electoral college will be abolished in 1991,
decided to
special
constituencies So that each of the Municipal Councils
the
has Government
two retain
may continue
to
elect a Member
to
the Legislative
Council.
41.
is
So far as the functional constituency system
there is à concerned,
limited
a good case
for
expansion in 1988. The system has worked well since
its introduction in 1985. The public response to the
Green Paper
following guidelines by which
group or groups
Paper showed
support for
developing it further. The Green Paper suggested the
to consider whether a
become a should
functional
that there is wide
constituency:
(a)
be
functional constituencies should
substantial and of importance in the
community;
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