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Annex A

1984 White Paper

Guidelines on Composition of Functional Constituencies and Eligibility to Vote

The main guidelines

determining

constituencies

follows:

the

which have been applied in

composition

and eligibility to

of these functional

vote in them are as

(a)

(b)

on

well-recognized major

In the case of economic and social constituencies,

will be based these organizations, associations, and institutions with The lists of the

of these organizations

the electoral

a territory-wide coverage. voting members

adopted

as

constituencies.

will

be

for

these

rolls Corporate members will nominate

representatives to vote on their behalf.

In the case of professional constituencies, these will be based on membership of those professions

with

recognized

well-established

and

electoral The

will

rolls

be based on

for these

either

the

qualifications. constituencies membership lists of the various major professional

bodies

or on the

institutions and

registers of members of those professions.

statutory

B58-2112w