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these

Members a re elected from

"functional"

and

constituencies based on major professional

occupational groups. The other twelve are elected on a

geographical basis by an electoral college

college comprising

members of the Municipal Councils and

Councils and District

all

Boards.

17.

The three-tier structure has proved itself to

be well suited to Hong Kong's requirements. The public

response to the Green Paper was strongly in favour of

retaining it. The Government intends to plan the

further development of representative government on the

basis of this structure, and with the following points

in mind:

(a)

The

responsibilities

of each

each of the

three tiers of government should be

clear, and their roles should not

overlap.

(b) The three tiers should

co-operate

effectively, and be linked in such a way

that the views and concerns at each

level of government are

adequately

represented at the next higher level.

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