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CRC POSITION PAPER - Annex A

The concept of Functional Constituencies is defined by the following guidelines:

I. 1984 White Paper on the Further Development of Respresentative Goverment in Hong Kong

(a) In the case of economic and social constituencies, these will be based on well-recognized major organizations, associations, and institutions with a territory-wide coverage. The lists of the voting members of these organizations will be adopted as the electoral rolls for these constituencies. Corporate members will nominate representatives to vote on their behalf.

(b) In the case of professional constituencies, these will be based on membership of those professions with well-established and recognized qualifications. The electoral rolls for these constituencies will be based on either the membership lists of the various major professional bodies and institutions or on the statutory registers of members of those professions.

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II. 1988 White Paper on the Development of Respresentative Government: The Way Forward

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(a) Functional constituencies should be substantial and of importance in the community;

(b) Any new constituency should be clearly defined to avoid difficulties over who qualifies for inclusion and how the electorate is prescribed;

(c) Constituencies should not be based on ideology, dogma or religion;

(d) Particular groups or bodies should not be represented in more than one functional constituency.

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