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Chapter IV

Composition of the Legislative Council

31.

As well as the question of direct elections,

the Green Paper put forward a number of options for

changes in 1988 to the numbers of Official, Appointed

and Elected Members of the Council.

Public Response

32.

These issues

42,300

stimulated comments in over

submissions to the Survey Office, 108 public

opinion surveys and one signature campaign. The

general view was that there should be no major changes

in the composition of the Legislative Council in 1988,

but there were varying degrees of support for

adjustments to the number of seats in one or more of

the existing categories of membership.

33.

There was a

substantial majority of views in

favour of retaining the present number of Official

Members, i.e. ten.

Many people thought that a

reduction would hamper efficiency.

34.

Most submissions from individuals did not

favour changing the number of Appointed Members in

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