TNAG-1351-FCO40-1792-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1985 — Page 142

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There will be aine functional constituencies representing the commercial, industrial, financial, labour and social services sectors of the community and the teaching legal and medical and the combined engineering, architectural, planning and surveying professions.

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The commercial constituency will be represented by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, while the industrial constituency will be represented by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and the Chinese Manufacturers Association. Each of these four organisations will return one member each to the Council. The labour constituency, made up of all registered trade unions, will return two members, while the other constituencies will each return | one member.

12 members in all will bo elected to, the Legislative Council by these functional

constituencies.

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At the same time, the number of appointed Unofficial Members of the Council will be reduced from the present 30 to 22; while the number of Official Members will be reduced from 16 to 10, including the three ex-officio members.

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Ip summary, the total membership of the Legislative Council at the beginning of the next session will be increased from the present 46 to 56: there will be two categories of elected Unofficial Members,

Members, "populist" and

'populist" and functional, and there will be twelve in each category; the ratio of electod Unofficial Members to appointed Unofficial Members will be 24:22; and the ratio of Unofficial Members to Official Members will be 46:10, compared with 30116 at present. Thus, the third objective of building a foundation for further developments in the composition and method of selection of the Legislative Council has been met.

The 1987 Review

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Paper also announced the Government's intention to conduct a review in 1987 of our experience during the first couple of years of the life of the new Council. perceived at this time, the review will address at least four questions.

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First, the review will consider what furtbor developments in the composition and method of selection of members of the Legislative Council in 1988 and beyon. should be contemplated including whether and, if so, when, at least a proportion of the Council's membership should be made up of members directly, as opposed to indirectly, elected. Secondly,