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(c)

(a)

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10 directly elected members added; appointed members reduced by 10:

10 directly elected members added; Electoral College

members reduced by 10.

(In all options for 1988,

functional four

members and four official members

added by are

constituency

by way

of

illustration.)

21.

There will be great interest in the delineation of of required qualifications

constituencies

and

the

candidates, if direct elections are introduced.

Options for the Review

22.

On the basis of the above assessment of opinion as it stands today no options are likely to be put forward for consideration in the 1987 Review in regard to:

(a) the position of the Governor, except as President of

the Legislative Council; or

(b)

the relationship between

the

Executive and

Legislative Councils.

Among the options which will be for consideration in

the Review are:

23.

(a)

whether the 1988

1988 elections should

on

be conducted

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

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(c)

many;

whether

members indirectly

elected by the

the District Board Electoral Colleges should continue to be members, or whether they should be replaced by directly elected members;

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