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21.

There will be

great

constituencies

and

interest in the delineation of the qualifications candidates, if direct elections are introduced.

required of

22.

On the basis of the above assessment of opinion as it

stands today no options

no options are likely to be put forward for consideration in the 1987 Review in regard to:

23.

(a) the position of the Governor, except as

President of the Legislative Council;

(b) the relationship between the Executive and

Legislative Councils.

Among the options which wil be for consideration in the

review are:

(a) whether the 1988 elections should be conducted

on the same basis as the 1985 elections with

no change; or

(b) whether a minority of directly elected members should be introduced into the Council; and if

so how many;

(c) whether the members indirectly elected by the District Board Electoral Colleges should

continue to be members, or whether they should be replaced by directly elected members;

(d) whether the number of appointed members should

be reduced;

(e) whether thenumber of official members should

be increased;

(f) whether the number of functional constituency

members should be increased;