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Chapter IV

Composition of the Legislative Council

31.

As well ac L

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

stimulated

comments in over

42,300

The

submissions to the Survey Office, 108 public

opinion surveys

and one signature campaign.

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

the number of seats in one or more adjustments to

the existing categories of membership.

of

33.

There was а substantial majority of views in

favour of retaining the

the present number of Official

Members,

i.e.

ten.

Many people thought

that

а

reduction would hamper efficiency.

34.

Most

submissions from individuals did

not

favour

number changing the

of Appointed Members

in

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