TNAG-1284-FCO40-1636-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1984 — Page 132

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HONG KONG CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE

OUTLINE OF PROPOSALS

1(a)

(b)

Appointed Unofficial members of the Legislative Council

should be replaced progressively by members elected indirectly:

(i) by an electoral college composed of all members of

the Urban Council, the new Regional Council and the District Boards, and

(ii) by specified functional constituencies

and that there should be a gradual reduction in the number of

official members of the Legislative Council.

The eventual composition of the Legislative Council by 1991

should be:

(c)

(d)

(i) 20 members elected by the electoral college,

(ii)

20 members elected by the functional constituencies,

and

(iii) 10 official members.

in

These arrangements should be introduced in three stages

1985, 1988 and 1991 - following the District Board elections

in those years.

The majority of the appointed Unofficial members of the

Executive Council should be replaced progressively by members

elected by the Unofficial members of the Legislative Council

from among their number, but a small number of members should

continue to be appointed by the Governor, and the 4

ex-officio members should remain as members of the Council.

(e)

The eventual composition of the Executive Council by 1991

should be:

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