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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1988

STATEMENT ON LEGCO COMPOSITION

TO

AVOID

POSSIBLE CONFUSION

ARISING FROM

A NUMBER

OF

APPARENTLY

CONFLICTING

ISSUED THE

FOLLOWING

REPORTS, THE GOVERNMENT TODAY

REGARDING THE STATEMENT

(MONDAY) COMPOSITION OF THE

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL:

AS STATED IN PARAGRAPH 43

OF THE WHITE

TO

PAPER PUBLISHED BE CONSTITUTED WILL, COMPRISE, IN MEMBERS, MEMBERS

ON

IN

1991,

FEBRUARY 10, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 1988, AND WHICH WILL SERVE UNTIL ADDITION TO THE PRESIDENT, 10 OFFICIAL MEMBERS, 20 APPOINTED 14 MEMBERS

FUNCTIONAL ELECTED BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

BY ELECTED

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,

1991:

CONSTITUENCIES

12 AND

ΤΟ BE CONSTITUTED IN SEPTEMBER

THERE WILL BE 10 DIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS GEOGRAPHICALLY-BASED CONSTITUENCIES;

ELECTED FROM 10

BY INDIRECT ELECTIONS FROM THE 10 SEATS CURRENTLY FILLED

ELECTORAL COLLEGE THE DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCIES IN THE WILL BE ABOLISHED;

ONE

TWO SPECIAL CONSTITUENCIES WILL BE RETAINED

TO ELECT AND REGIONAL COUNCILS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

KACH

FOR THE URBAN MEMBER TO THE

THE GOVERNMENT DOES BUT DOES NOT WISH TO BEING CONSIDERED NEARER

APART FROM THE THREE ITEMS SET OUT ABOVE, NOT AT PRESENT ENVISAGE ANY FURTHER CHANGES, RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER CHANGES THE TIME.

GOVERNOR TO SPEAK ON RADIO, TV

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID

MESSAGE ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

WILSON, WILL DELIVER HIS NEW YEAR

THIS WILL BE SIR DAVID'S FIRST LUNAR

NEW YEAR MESSAGE SINCE

BECOMING GOVERNOR.

/THE MESSAGE ..