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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, TO WHICH 24 MEMBERS WOULD BE CHOSEN FOR THE

FIRST TIME BY INDIRECT ELECTIONS: 12 WERE TO BE ELECTED BY

ELECTORAL COLLEGES COMPRISING ALL MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS,

THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE NEW REGIONAL COUNCIL, AND 12 BY

SPECIFIC FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES COVERING THE MAJOR SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, EXCLUDING THE PRESIDENT (THE GOVERNOR) WAS INCREASED FROM 46 TO 56 MEMBERS, WITH OFFICIAL MEMBERSHIP DECREASING FROM 16 TO 10, AND UNOFFICIAL APPOINTED MEMBERSHIP DECREASING FROM 30 TO 22. ADDITION A REVIEW WAS PROMISED FOR 1987 TO CONSIDER WHETHER AND

IF SO WHAT FURTHER CHANGES SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN 1988. THIS,

TOGETHER WITH THE PROPOSAL TO INTRODUCE 24 INDIRECTLY ELECTED

MEMBERS, DIFFERED FROM THE PROPOSALS IN THE GREEN PAPER, WHERE A REVIEW IN 1989 AND THE INTRODUCTION OF ONLY 12 INDIRECTLY ELECTED

MEMBERS WERE SUGGESTED. THESE CHANGES DEMONSTRATED THE

WILLINGNESS OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND TO

CONSTRUCTIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

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