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Chapter IV
Composition of the Legislative Council
31.
As well ac L
question of direct elections,
the Green Paper put forward a number of options for
changes in 1988 to the numbers of Official, Appointed
and Elected Members of the Council.
Public Response
32.
These issues
stimulated
comments in over
42,300
The
submissions to the Survey Office, 108 public
opinion surveys
and one signature campaign.
general view was that there should be no major changes
in the composition of the Legislative Council in 1988,
but there were varying degrees of support for
the number of seats in one or more adjustments to
the existing categories of membership.
of
33.
There was а substantial majority of views in
favour of retaining the
the present number of Official
Members,
i.e.
ten.
Many people thought
that
а
reduction would hamper efficiency.
34.
Most
submissions from individuals did
not
favour
number changing the
of Appointed Members
in
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