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such assurance. But if for these reasons 1988 is not the
right year, then there should be a clear decision on when
this important change in our political system should be
made. Government has therefore decided that in 1991, tan
directly elected seats will for the first time be
introduced into the Legislative Council, in place of the
seats presently indirectly elected by the District
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If Members are to be directly elected
elected on a
geographical basis to the central government level, which is concerned with territory-wide issues, it would clearly
be a natural development for them to replace the Members
who are indirectly elected on the same basis.
At the same
time, it is important to maintain effective links between
the central and regional levels. We shall therefore retain two special constituencies so that each Municipal Council can continue to elect a member to the Legislative
Council.
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Although the issue of direct elections to the Legislative Council has dominated the 1987 Review, many
other important issues were considered and commented
upon. There was widespread public interest on the
question of whether the Governor should remain as
President of the Legislative Council, with the
overwhelming majority of those commenting believing that