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expenditure of public funds. The Council questions

the Administration on matters of public interest and

debates its proposals in regard to policy. Until

1985 the Council consisted of appointed members

only. Following the principles laid down in the 1984

Hong Kong Government White Paper on the Further

Development of Representative Government in Hong

Kong, 24 members of the Council have, since 1985,

been chosen by a system of indirect

Twelve are elected by an electoral college,

comprising all members of the District Boards and the

Urban and Regional Councils; and twelve by functional

constituencies representing significant

the community.

elections.

sectors of

20.

In line with the commitment in the

in the 1984

White Paper, the Hong Kong Government is undertaking

a further review of progress in the development of

representative

government.

In May 1987, a Green

Paper on the Review of Developments in Representative

Government was published for public consultation and

for the

comment.

This covered a range of options for

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