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making a total of 56 members 24 elected Unofficials, 22 appointed Unofficials and 10 officials.

Council The 1985

-

contains elected members for the first time. ("Unofficial" means non-civil servant in this context).

The Electoral Colleges

11.

The

Electoral

Colleges comprise

members of

the

for

a

District Boards, the Urban Council and the Regional

12 members Council, who elect

term to the 3 year

The District Board members are for Legislative Council. this purpose grouped into 10 geographical constituencies (each representing approximately 500,000 people) providing 10 Legislative Council members. The remaining two members are elected by two constituencies formed respectively by members of the Urban Council and of the Regional Council.

Functional Constituencies

12.

Nine functional constituencies elect 12 members for a 3 year term: details are in the extract from the 1984 White Paper at the Appendix.

Appointed Members

of

State.

Official

members

are

13. These are appointed by the Governor with the approval

of

civil the Secretary servant policy secretaries. In practice, appointments of Unofficials are now three years at a time to match the term of elected members.

14.

These appointments are made by the Governor to ensure a broad spectrum of representation and, where necessary, to balance sectoral interests.

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