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The Council presently

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President), 10 Official

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comprises

the Governor (as

Members (including the

three

ex-officio members), 22 Appointed Members and 24 Elected

Members (12 elected by the electoral college and 12 by

the nine functional constituencies).

6.

The subsequent sections of this chapter will

consider

(a) whether further changes are necessary in the

numbers and/or relative proportion of Official,

Appointed and Elected members; and

(b) whether there should be any change in the

methods of selecting members to the Council,

including whether a proportion of members

might be selected

elections, based on

by а system of direct

broad franchise, instead

elections by functional

of or as well as,

constituencies and the electoral college.

Official Members

7.

Official Members of the Legislative Council are

the

responsible for introducing legislation, (with exception of private bills), presenting the Administration

position in policy debates, and answering questions on

matters of policy or general public interest. Following

the adoption of the 1984 White Paper, the number of

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