Unofficial member

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An unofficial member was a member of a colonial legislative council or an executive council, appointed by a governor to sit in the council(s) alongside with ex-officio members. A senior unofficial member would be appointed by the governor from among the unofficial members. Unofficial members might also be appointed to unelected or partially-elected municipal and district councils, where there were ex-officio members.

Currently the Executive Council of Hong Kong is still composed of ex-officio members (official members since 1997) and unofficial members (non-official members since 1997). One of the non-official members is appointed by the Chief Executive (until 1997 the Governor) as the convenor (until 1994 the senior unofficial member[1]).

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Sze-yuen Chung, 2001, Hong Kong's Journey to Reunification: Memoirs of Sze-yuen Chung, Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, Chapter 4