should be supplemented by the formal creation of specific geographical and functional constituencies from within which a substantial number of Members might be elected.
25. The first elections of Members to the Legislative Council we held in September 1985. Twelve Members were elected by nine 'functional con- stituencies' composed of members of territory-wide organizations and profes- sional bodies representing commerce, industry, finance, labour, the social services, medicine, education, the legal profession and the engineering and associated professions.
26. The election of a further twelve Members to represent 'geographical constituencies' was carried out by an electoral college comprising all District Board members and members of the Urban and Regional Councils. To ensure a reasonable balance in geographical representation, the college was divided into 12 constituencies-ten made up of District Board members, and two made up of members of the Urban and Regional Councils.
27. The main outcome of the 1984 White Paper has thus been to introduce new methods of selecting Members of the Legislative Council by means of elections based on a limited franchise. The public were also consulted, in 1984, on the desirability of introducing direct elections to the Legislative Council, based on a franchise similar to that for the District Board and municipal council elections. The White Paper concluded that the issue should be further considered in the context of the 1987 Review.
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