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MEMORANDUM FOR THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
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On Con Devel 1991
COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND DISTRICT BOARDS IN 1991, AND CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES
1991
THE PROBLEM
We need to make decisions on the composition of the Legislative Council, Municipal Councils and District Boards in preparation for the 1991 elections, and to agree constituency boundaries for the Legislative Council.
RECOMMENDATION AND ADVICE SOUGHT
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It is recommended that -
(a) the
(b)
(c)
(a)
(e)
Legislative Council in 1991 should comprise 18 directly elected seats, 20-21 functional constituencies, 18 appointed members (including the Deputy President) and three ex officio members i.e. 59 or 60 members
(paragraph 5);
a
non official member should be appointed as Deputy President of the Legislative Council (paragraph 6);
in
able
to Council
policy Secretaries should be participate
Legislative proceedings, by attending the Council but without membership (paragraph 6);
there should be no change in the composition of District Boards or the Regional Council, thus preserving the present arrangement by which about one third of the membership is appointed (paragraph 8);
on
the composition of the Urban Council should also remain unchanged, notwithstanding the preliminary conclusion reached at the meeting February 1990 that an additional two or three Urban Council constituencies should be established to provide a similar ratio of elected to appointed members as in the case of District Boards and the Regional Council (paragraph 10);
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