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selected

the following four constituencies might be elect one representative each to the Legislative Council -

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(5) (6)

Legal Profession

Medical profession

(7) Social services

(8)

Engineering and architectural professions.

to

Alternatively, if the latter course is thought to be more appropriate, the following twelve constituencies might be selected to elect one representative each to the

the Legislative Council -

Labour organisations

Educationalists

Financial sector (including Accountancy)

Legal profession

Medical profession

(1)

Commerce

(2)

Industry

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

Social services

Engineering and architectural professions A conglomerate constituency of several professions not otherwise represented Traditional organisations

(To be decided in due course)

It

The twelfth constituency has been left open at this stage. is intended that this

this should be decided upon later, in the light of public comments and suggestions on the Green Paper.

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The above proposals are illustrated at Annex A.

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It will, of course, be possible for some constituencies which are not selected to elect representatives still to be "represented" on the Legislative Council by persons appointed as Members of the Legislative Council by the Governor.

(B) The Electoral Arrangements

each

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Having determined which functional constituencies should be selected to elect representatives to the Legislative Council in 1985 and 1988 and how many

1988 and how many representatives constituency should elect, a far more difficult problem to resolve is how the

representative(s) of each constituency should be elected.