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Appointed and Elected Members without major consequences

for the overall size and balance of membership in the

Council in 1988.

Elected Members

15.

Chapter II set out the background to the

introduction of 24 elected members into the Legislative

Council. The following paragraphs review developments

since the publication of the 1984 White Paper and discuss

the arguments for and against further development of the

electoral college and functional constituency systems.

Functional Constituencies

Developments since the 1984 White Paper

16.

the

a system of

elections,

based on

The 1984 Green and White Papers envisaged that

development of

functional constituencies, would ensure not only that the

Legislative Council continued to benefit from the

participation of members from a wide range of

professional backgrounds and expertise, but also that

such members would objectively reflect the views of the

professions and occupations by which they were elected.

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