a)
1987 Review of Representative Government
PROPOSALS IN 1987 GREEN PAPER
1987 Green Paper covered wider range of matters. Set out options for changes to Legislative Council, District Boards and
Municipal Councils, presidency of Legislative Council and practical aspects of elections.
Options for Legislative Council included varying number of
official, appointed and indirectly elected Members, and possibility
of introducing directly elected element in 1988.
DECISIONS IN THE 1988 WHITE PAPER
Main decisions were:
(a)
(b)
ten directly elected members would be introduced into
Legislative Council in 1991;
in 1988 number of appointed members in council would be
reduced from 22 to 20, and number of members elected by
functional constituencies would increase from 12 to 14.
In 1991, present system of election by members of District Boards would be abolished; but urban and regional councils
would each continue to elect one member to Council;
(c) links between urban district boards and urban council
would be strengthened;
(d)
Governor would continue to be President of the Legislative
Council for immediate future.
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