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elections to the District Boards are followed by

elections to the Municipal Councils and then by

elections to the Legislative Council. Submissions to

the Survey Office were evenly divided on this. Most

District Board members who spoke on the issue did,

however, advocate such a change, and some public

opinion surveys recorded significant support for it.

63.

The Green Paper also raised for discussion the

possibility of staggering the terms of office of

different groups of Legislative Councillors

So that,

while all terms would be of equal length, they would

begin in different years. There was little public

response on this point. The balance of it was against

such a change.

64.

Submissions to the Survey Office and public

opinion surveys indicated that a clear majority of the

community did not favour changing the length of terms

of office for elected members of District Boards,

Municipal Councils and the Legislative Council.

However most of the members of these bodies who spoke

the subject did wish to change from a three-year to

a four-year term.

on the

65.

These issues are affected by the arranagements

set out in Chapters IV and V of this White Paper, by

which

the District Boards

will each elect a

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