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members currently elected by the geographical

the electoral

(District Board) constituencies

college. The remaining two seats under the present

electoral college arrangement are filled by the special

Urban and Regional Councils.

constituencies of

the

representatives of

Legislative Council.

the

system

O f

between links

There are strong reasons for continuing to have elected

оп the two Municipal Councils

They form a key part of the

the three tiers of

representative government

(as described

in paragraph

6 (b) of Chapter

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

elect

Council.

Member

to

the Legislative

41.

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

Green

Paper

showed

that

there

response to the

is wide support for

developing it further. The Green Paper suggested the

following guidelines by which

group

groups or

to consider whether a

become a should

functional

constituency:

(a)

constituencies functional

should be

substantial

and

in of importance

the

community;

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