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Question No. 1

Reply by the Hon. Sir Philip Haddon-Cave, K. B. E., C.M.G., J.P., Chief Secretary,

to a question by Mr. Chan Ying-lun,

in the Legislative Council on 6 February 1985

21 FEB 1985

Sir,

Question: In preparing the legislation for the

indirect election of Unofficial Members

of Legislative Council

functional

constituencies,

through

can

what

Government inform this Council

sort of consultations have been held

with the nine functional constituencies

involved?

Following the publication of the White Paper on the Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong on 21 November 1984, the Director, Councils and

Administration Branch of the Government Secretariat and

members of his staff held a series of informal meetings with the Chairmen, Presidents and senior officials of the

various representative organisations on which the two types of functional constituencies will be based, namely those comprising corporate bodies and those comprising

certain professional organisations involved included:-

members

of

pursuits.

The

/the Hong Kong