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(a) by an electoral college of Urban

Council, the

new Regional Council and District Board

and

a

members.

members, and

groups,

or

"constituencies" >

(b) by functional

gradual reduction in the number of Official

of

36.

In the case of the geographical constituencies it is proposed that an electoral college should be formed consisting of all the elected and, to start with, all the appointed members of the District Boards,

Boards, the Urban Council and the new Regional Council. It would thus number in the region of 430 members. The electoral college would . elect

a specified number representatives to be members of the Legislative Council. The electoral college would be able to elect anyone with certain prescribed qualifications, e.g. any registered elector who has been ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for a minimum of 10 years, (which are the same basic qualifications for candidates for the Urban Council and the District Boards) and not necessarily from among their number. These arrangements would be introduced progressively with a view to the eventual number of members elected by the electoral college being 20.