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1991 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL :

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES FOR 1991

1991

INTRODUCTION

It is necessary to begin considering which additional functional constituencies might be Legislative Council in 1991.

represented in the

BACKGROUND AND ARGUMENT Background

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The

1988 White

Paper on established

Representative Government

of

the Development that the number of the Legislative

functional constituencies represented in Council should be increased in 1988 from 12 to 14, by the addition of the Accountancy electoral division and the Health Care electoral division.

The existing 14 functional

constituencies are listed at Annex A.

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Decisions have yet to be taken on the composition of the legislature in 1991. However, whatever political model is finally adopted, it is clear that there will be a need to increase the number of functional constituencies.

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In anticipation of this,

Government has conducted a

review of sectors that might be represented in the 1991 legislature. The review was based on the following guidelines

included in the 1987 Green Paper

(a) functional

constituencies

should

be

substantial community;

and of importance in the

(b)

who

how the

any new constituency should be clearly defined to avoid difficulties over qualifies for inclusion and electorate is prescribed;

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