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MDHIAN 1488

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FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 4898

OF 23025OZ DECEMBER 87

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

OUR TELECON (PAUL/CHAN) OF 22 DECEMBER:

1987 REVIEW: WHITE PAPER:

COMPOSITION OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

AT ITS MEETING YESTERDAY (22 DECEMBER) EXCO MEMBERS COMPLETED DISCUSSION (BEGUN AT THE MEETING ON 15 DECEMBER) OF A PAPER DISCUSSING THE LINE TO BE ADOPTED IN THE WHITE PAPER WITH REGARD TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

MEMBERS CONCLUDED THAT :

(A) THERE SHOULD BE NO CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF OFFICIAL MEMBERS:

(B) THE NUMBER OF APPOINTED MEMBERS SHOULD BE REDUCED FROM 22 TO 20:

(C) THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS ELECTED BY FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES

SHOULD BE INCREASED FROM 12 TO 14:

(D) THERE SHOULD BE NO CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

2. ON THE QUESTION OF FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES MEMBERS ADVISED THAT TWO ADDITIONAL SEATS SHOULD BE CREATED IN 1988 TO PROVIDE REPRESENTATION FOR:

(A) THE ACCOUNTANCY PROFESSION: AND

(B) NURSES, MIDWIVES AND VARIOUS OTHER PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONS (PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, RADIOGRAPHERS

OPTOMETRISTS AND MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS).

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MEMBERS FURTHER ADVISED THAT DENTISTS SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH DOCTORS IN THE ELECTORATE FOR THE EXISTING MEDICAL CONSTITUENCY SEAT.

3. MEMBERS ALSO CONSIDERED, BUT ADVISED AGAINST, CREATION OF SEPARATE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY SEATS FOR:

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