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members currently elected by the geographical

(District Board) constituencies of the electoral

college. The remaining two seats under the present

electoral college arrangement are filled by the special

constituencies of the Urban and Regional Councils.

There are strong reasons for continuing to have elected

representatives of the two Municipal Councils on the

Legislative Council. They form a key part of the

between the three tiers of

representative government (as described in paragraph

6 (b) of Chapter TI). Consequently, although the

present electoral college will be abolished in 1991,

the Government has decided to retain two special

constituencies SO that each of the Municipal Councils

may continue to elect a Member to the Legislative

system of

Council.

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41.

So far as the

functional constituency system

is concerned, there is a good case for limited

expansion in 1988. The system has worked well since

its introduction in 1985. The public response to the

Green Paper showed that there is wide support for

developing it further. The Green Paper suggested the

following guidelines by which to consider whether a

group or groups should become a functional

constituency:

(a) functional

constituencies should

be

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substantial and of importance in the

community;

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