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Constitution and Administration
handle local issues on the management of public areas and environmental hygiene more effectively, and to launch projects that take advantage of local opportunities.
There are 63 Area Committees, district-based advisory bodies which help organise community involvement activities, advise on local issues and promote public participation in district affairs. Their members are drawn from a wide spectrum of the community, including council members.
Twenty Home Affairs Enquiry Centres, attached to the district offices, provide a wide range of free services to the public, including answering general enquiries about government services, distributing government forms, disseminating information and administering declarations and oaths (including affirmations in lieu of oaths) for private use. Residents seeking legal advice can make appointments at the centres to see volunteer lawyers under a Free Legal Advice Scheme administered by the Duty Lawyer Service. Rating and Valuation Department representatives are also available at five designated centres on specified days to advise on tenancy matters.
The Electoral System
Electoral System for Legislative Council
Composition of first to sixth terms of Legislative Council
Membership
First term
Second term
Third and fourth terms
Fifth and sixth
(1998-2000)
(2000-04)
(2004-08 and 2008-12)
terms (2012-16 and
2016-20)
Elected by geographical
20
24
30
35
constituencies through
direct elections
Elected by functional
30
30
constituencies
Elected by an election
10
6
committee
Total
18
60
60
60
70
818
30
35
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Geographical Constituencies
All eligible persons aged 18 or above have the right to be registered as electors and to vote in geographical constituency elections, which are held on the basis of universal suffrage. There are 3.81 million registered electors.
The HKSAR is divided into five geographical constituencies, each returning five to nine seats in the sixth-term Legislative Council. Electors choose lists of candidates using the list voting system, which operates under the 'largest remainder' formula, a form of proportional representation.
Any permanent resident of the HKSAR who is a Chinese citizen with no right of abode in any foreign country may stand for election in any geographical constituency, provided this person
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