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The Municipal Councils, comprising

23. ᄆ the Urban and

bodies with a range of

and markets and the

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autonomous

financially Regional Councils, are

statutory responsibilities for the provision of muncipal services such as public cleansing, licensing restaurants

provision and management of recreational

The Urban Council's authority

extends over Hong Kong Island and Kowloon; that of the Regional

Council, which was formally constituted on 1 April 1986, over the

New Territories.

Both Councils include elected

cultural and

sporting

of

facilities

and appointed

members

Το maintain close connections between district and

regional levels

representative government, members of the Urban

Council sit as members of

Territories District Boards elect members to sit on the Regional

Council. Pa cello)

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24.

District Boards

whilst the

New

The principal functions of the Legislative Council are to enact legislation and control the expenditure of public funds The

Council questions the Administration on matters of public interest

and debates its

in regard to policy Until 1985 the

proposals

Following the

Council consisted of appointed members only.

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 elections. Twelve are elected by an electoral college

comprising

of the District Boards and the Urban and

twelve by functional

members all

Regional Councils; and

constituencies

representing significant sectors of the community. <Pa (ed18)

itatie

2013) on

The Legislative Council

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25.

The 1985-86

session of the Legislative Council marked a

In addition to the introduction

significant stage. in its history

of elected members for the first time, the size of the Council was

increased from 45 to 56, and the number of civil servant members was

reduced from 16 to 10. The Council also moved to a new Chamber,

physically

from the central Government

weekly, instead

separate

of

some

72 Bills at

every two weeks.

various stages of

offices, and me t

In addition to dealing with

enactment Council members asked

296 questions and 797 supplementary questions of official members,

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