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1984 that an indirectly elected element would be
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of 1985: twelve members were duly elected from
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functional' constituencies based on major professional
and occupational groups; and twelve others were elected
on a geographical basis by an electoral college
comprising all members of the urban and Regional Councils
and District Boards. (The other 32 members of the
Legislative Council were either officials or appointed
members.)
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26. The 1984 White Paper also considered the question
of direct elections to the Legislative Council. It noted
that there was strong public support for the idea of
direct elections but little support for such elections in
the immediate future. It undertook to hold a review in
1987, before the 1988 elections to give an opportunity
for further consultation about future development,
including such questions as the introduction of direct
elections.
The
27. The review took place in 1987 as promised.
options were set out in a Green Paper "The 1987 Review
of Developments in Representative Government" published
in May.
It covered many aspects of representative
government including the question of whether and if so
when there should be a directly elected element to the
Legislative Council. A Survey Office was set up to
collect (but not to assess) public opinion on the Green
Paper. It operated outside the ordinary machinery of