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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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