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1. WE CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO MAKING PUBLIC THE

DETAILS CONTAINED IN THE EXCO MEMORANDA REFERRED TO IN PARA 2 OF TUR. YOU ARE OF COURSE AWARE OF THE CONTROVERSY HERE OVER THE AGE OF VOTING AND WOULD LIKE TO BRIEF MR MAUDE ON THIS, DRAWING ON THE ARGUMENTS SET OUT IN EXCO MEMORANDUM XCX(90)20 AND THE STATEMENT MADE BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY IN LEGCO ON 21 MARCH.

2. ON THE FAXED SUMMARY OF THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES (FCS), WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:

(A) THE TITLE OF ANNEX A SHOULD REFER TO FCS FOR 1991.

(B) THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE FC CONSISTS OF A MEDICAL ELECTORAL

DIVISION COMPRISING DOCTORS AND DENTISTS (ESTIMATED ELECTORATE 5,000) AND A HEALTH CARE ELECTORAL DIVISION COMPRISING NURSES, PHARMACISTS, PARAMEDICS, ET AL (ESTIMATED ELECTORATE SIZE 21,500). EACH OF THESE TWO DIVISIONS RETURNS ONE MEMBER.

(C) THE TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF FCS FOR 1991. THE ELECTORAL SIZE IS 40 FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL AND 36 FOR

THE REGIONAL COUNCIL. THEY ARE AT PRESENT ELECTORAL COLLEGE

CONSTITUENCIES.

(D) THE ARCHITECTURAL, SURVEYING AND PLANNING FC SHOULD HAVE AN ESTIMATED ELECTORATE OF 1,500 ONLY. THE ENGINEERS WILL HAVE BEEN HIVED OFF TO FORM A NEW FC ON THEIR OWN.

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