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1991 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL :
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES FOR 1991
1991
INTRODUCTION
It is necessary to begin considering which additional functional constituencies might be Legislative Council in 1991.
represented in the
BACKGROUND AND ARGUMENT Background
2
The
1988 White
Paper on established
Representative Government
of
the Development that the number of the Legislative
functional constituencies represented in Council should be increased in 1988 from 12 to 14, by the addition of the Accountancy electoral division and the Health Care electoral division.
The existing 14 functional
constituencies are listed at Annex A.
3
Decisions have yet to be taken on the composition of the legislature in 1991. However, whatever political model is finally adopted, it is clear that there will be a need to increase the number of functional constituencies.
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In anticipation of this,
Government has conducted a
review of sectors that might be represented in the 1991 legislature. The review was based on the following guidelines
included in the 1987 Green Paper
(a) functional
constituencies
should
be
substantial community;
and of importance in the
(b)
who
how the
any new constituency should be clearly defined to avoid difficulties over qualifies for inclusion and electorate is prescribed;
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