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WHICH INCLUDES ARCHITECTS, SURVEYORS AND PLANNERS),
C) RURAL INTERESTS (THE HEUNG YEE KUK),
D) BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, AND
E) TOURISM
(POSSIBLE DIFFICULTIES OVER THE DEFINITION OF THE ELECTORATE FOR TOURISM HAVE LARGELY BEEN RESOLVED. HOWEVER, MEMBERS WILL WISH TO HAVE A FINAL LOOK AT THIS NEXT WEEK BEFORE GOING FIRM ON THE PROPOSAL).
5. THE COMPOSITION OF LEGCO IN 1991 WOULD THEREFORE BE AS FOLLOWS:
DIRECTLY ELECTED 18
FUNCTIONALS
21
EX-OFFICIO
3
DEPUTY PRESIDENT
1
APPOINTED
17
60
6. I SHOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL FOR MINISTERS' APPROVAL TO IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE 1991 LEGCO ELECTIONS:
A) TO PREPARE FOR A LEGCO IN 1991 AS AT PARAGRAPH 5 ABOVE.
B) FOR ONE NON-OFFICIAL MEMBER, WHO WILL NOT TAKE PART IN ORDINARY LEGCO BUSINESS, TO BE APPOINTED AS DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF LEGCO.
C) FOR POLICY SECRETARIES TO PARTICIPATE IN LEGCO PROCEEDINGS IN ATTENDANCE ON THE COUNCIL, RATHER THAN AS MEMBERS.
D) TO MAKE NO CHANGE IN THE COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, THUS PRESERVING THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENT BY WHICH ROUGHLY ONE THIRD OF THE MEMBERSHIP IS APPOINTED. THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARDS AND COUNCILS WILL BE RE-EXAMINED BEFORE 1995 WITH A VIEW TO REDUCING THE PROPORTION OF APPOINTED MEMBERS.
E) TO CREATE NINE TWO-MEMBER CONSTITUENCIES FOR THE 1991 LEGCO ELECTIONS. EACH ELECTOR WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR TWO CANDIDATES, A FIRST PAST THE POST SYSTEM.
7. I PROPOSE THAT WE SHOULD NOW WORK TO THE FOLLOWING TIMETABLE:
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