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it would result in 18 months

months of political uncertainty

every three years for those members of

for those members of the Legislative

Council seeking re-election, instead of only six months

of uncertainty if the elections to the Legislative

Council take place in August or September of District

Board election years.

It is considered that it would be

better, therefore, to complete the District Board

Board and

the Legislative Council elections in the same year and

then have a period of two and a half years of political

certainty before the next District Board elections.

53.

Unofficial

At the same time as the proposed arrangements

for the elections of

members of the

Legislative Council by the functional constituencies and

the electoral college are

introduced by stages, it is

proposed that the number of appointed Unofficial members

should be progressively reduced with a view to their

complete removal by 1991 and that the number of Official

members should also be progressively reduced to 10.

This would result in a total membership of the

Legislative Council in 1991 of 50.

54.

proposals

The following table illustrates the above

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