WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1990
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PAPER
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (RLECTORAL PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990, SIR DAIVD POINTED OUT THAT THE 1988 WHITE
ON
IN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCED THAT ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONSTITUENCIES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SPECIAL CONSTITUENCIES OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, SHOULD BE BY DIRECT ELECTIONS FROM GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES.
1991 THE THE TWO REPLACED
"FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF THE DECISIONS CONTAINED IN THE 1988 WHITE PAPER IN THE EARLIER PART OF THIS YEAR, THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED THAT THE NUMBER OF FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES SHOULD BE INCREASED TO 21. THIS DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED IN THIS COUNCIL ON MARCH 21, 1990.
"THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE BILL IS THEREFORE TO GIVE EFFECT TO THESE DECISIONS," THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
THE
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BILL SEEKS TO REMOVE THE PROVISIONS ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONSTITUENCIES WHICH WILL BE ABOLISHED.
THE NEW FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES ARE PROVIDED FOR IN CLAUSE 19 WHICH AMENDS THE SECOND SCHEDULE TO THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE.
"IN CONSIDERING THE AMENDMENTS TO THE SECOND SCHEDULE, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE GROUPING OF FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES IN THE LIGHT OF THE CHANGES TO BE INTRODUCED IN 1991, HE SAID,
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SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT AT PRESENT THE FINANCE FUNCTIONAL CONSTUTUENCY CONSISTED OF TWO ELECTORAL DIVISIONS, ONE COMPRISING LICENSED BANKS, AND THE OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS.
"IN 1991 THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR WILL RETURN A REPRESENTATIVE TO THIS COUNCIL. WE PROPOSE TO GROUP THIS SECTOR WITH THE BANKING SECTOR TO FORM TWO ELECTORAL DIVISIONS IN A RECONSTITUTED FINANCE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY.
"THE EXISTING ACCOUNTANCY DIVISION WILL THEN BECOME THE ACCOUNTANCY FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY,
OF
HE SAID.
AT PRESENT THE TEACHING FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY CONSISTS PARTLY FULL-TIME TEACHERS IN TERTIARY, POST-SECONDARY AND VOCATIONAL
TRAINING INSTITUTIONS.
*WE PROPOSE ΤΟ ADD TO THE LIST THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS, THE OPEN LEARNING INSTITUTE OF HONG KONG AND THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, HE SAID.
NOTING THAT THE SMALL ELECTORATE SIZE OF THE TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS REQUIRED SPECIAL MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT THEIR ELECTIONS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAD ADEQUATE ELECTOR PARTICIPATION, SIR DAVID SAID, THE ADMINISTRATION THEREFORE PROPOSED IN THE AMENDED SCHEDULE THAT A PERSON WHO WAS ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER AS AN ELECTOR IN A MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CONSTITUENCY AS WELL AS IN FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED TO REGISTER FORMER.
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