1985
NINE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES ARE SPECIFIED IN THE SECOND SCHEDULE. THESE ARE THE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND LABOUR CONSTITUENCIES WHICH WILL EACH RETURN TWO MEMBERS AND THE FINANCIAL CONSTITUENCY, THE SOCIAL SERVICES CONSTITUENCY, THE MEDICAL CONSTITUENCY, THE TEACHING CONSTITUENCY, THE LEGAL CONSTITUENCY AND THE ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL, SURVEYING AND PLANNING CONSTITUENCY, WHICH WILL EACH RETURN ONE MEMBER.
THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONSTITUENCIES HAVE BOTH BEEN DIVIDED INTO TWO ELECTORAL DIVISIONS, WITH EACH DIVISION PROVIDING FOR ONE MEMBER TO BE ELECTED BY ELECTORS FROM ONE OF THE FOUR REPRESENTATIVE ORGANISATIONS I.E. THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, AND THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG,
THE LABOUR FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY COMPRISES THOSE REGISTERED TRADE UNIONS WHOSE MEMBERS ARE ALL EMPLOYEES. IT IS ALSO DIVIDED INTO TWO ELECTORAL DIVISIONS, AND EACH REGISTERED EMPLOYEE TRADE UNION WILL BE ABLE TO CAST A VOTE IN BOTH DIVISIONS.
MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF BANKS, WHO MAKE UP THE FINANCIAL CONSTITUENCY, ARE EXCLUDED FROM BEING ELECTORS IN EITHER OF THE INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL CONSTITUENCIES- THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ONLY IN THEIR OWN (THE FINANCIAL) CONSTITUENCY.
ELECTORS IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY ARE THE MEMBER AGENCIES OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE= WHILE THOSE IN THE MEDICAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY ARE MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND OTHER REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.
THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT IN THE CASE OF A COMPANY OR OTHER CORPORATE ORGANISATION WHICH WAS A MEMBER OF A FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY ORGANISATION, PROVISION WOULD BE MADE FOR IT TO APPOINT +AN AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE TO VOTE ON ITS BEHALF.
THE TEACHING FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY GENERALLY COMPRISES REGISTERED AND PERMITTED TEACHERS AND THOSE WHO ARE ENGAGED FULL-TIME, OR PRINCIPALLY, IN TEACHING IN TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, THE TWO POLYTECHNICS AND THE BAPTIST COLLEGE, TOGETHER WITH TEACHERS IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
THE LEGAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY IS BASED SPECIFICALLY ON THE LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG AND THE HONG KONG BAR ASSOCIATION, THE TWO REPRESENTATIVE ORGANISATIONS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN HONG KONG, AND LAWYERS WITHIN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT AND REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT.
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