Примеры использования Functional constituencies на Английском языке и их переводы на Русский язык
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Elected by functional constituencies.
Are registered to vote in the nine new functional constituencies;
Another 35 seats are returned from functional constituencies, including the new District Council(second) functional constituency. .
Elections to the Legislative Council are based on geographical as well as functional constituencies.
The electorate for the nine new functional constituencies is broad based, encompassing the entire working population.
A total of 70 members,35 from geographical constituencies(GCs) and 35 from functional constituencies(FCs).
There are more voters in the 10 old functional constituencies representing professional sectors.
The functional constituencies, representing various economic, professional and social sectors, were a transitional arrangement.
Over 1,133,000 people are registered to vote in the 30 functional constituencies in the Legislative Council elections in September 1995.
Functional constituencies have been part of Hong Kong's political system since 1985, when elections to the Legislative Council were first held.
He also had concerns regarding the compatibility of the electoral system with article 25 of the Covenant,in particular the continued existence of the functional constituencies.
It was a simplification to argue that functional constituencies were dominated by business organizations and professional bodies.
As explained in paragraph 115 of Part II of the previous report, women have equal rights as men to vote and to stand for elections to District Councils and the Legislative Council,including functional constituencies FCs.
The present network of functional constituencies must be seen as a transitional stage in the evolution of Hong Kong's political system.
The Committee recalls its previous concluding observations(CEDAW/C/CHN/ CO/6, para. 39) and remains concerned about the low level of representation of women in politics,including in functional constituencies.
Candidates for election to the Legislative Council functional constituencies must be registered electors in the relevant constituencies or have substantial connection with them.
The Committee expresses concern that the electoral system of the Region contains structural obstacles to the equal political participation of women, which is indirect discrimination against women,especially with respect to the functional constituencies.
The electorate for the 21 old functional constituencies has also been broadened, mainly through the abolition of corporate voting and its replacement by individual voting see also para. 314 above.
In respect of the elections which are to be held in September 1995,each nomination for any of the nine new functional constituencies requires 50 subscribers who are electors in the relevant constituency. .
The electorate for Legislative Council functional constituencies comprises representatives of major organisations of the relevant sectors and members of professions with well-established and recognised qualifications.
The Committee urges the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to take temporary special measures in accordance with article 4, paragraph 1, of the Convention and the Committee's general recommendation 25 so as to increase women's representation in politics,including in the functional constituencies.
Responding to a question by Mr. O'Flaherty on the functional constituencies, he said that the ultimate aim, enshrined in the Basic Law, was to reach an election system based exclusively on universal suffrage.
While acknowledging that the established target of 25 per cent of women in advisory and consultative bodies has been reached by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Committee notes with concern the low level of political representation of women,including in the functional constituencies.
Nominations for the existing functional constituencies require 10 subscribers with the exception of the two Municipal Council functional constituencies, which require only 5 subscribers, because of their small electorate.
A total of 30 seats are returned by geographical constituencies through direct elections.Another 30 seats are returned from 28 functional constituencies, each of which represents an economic, social, or professional group which is substantial and important to the HKSAR.
There were 28 functional constituencies that covered important sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, tourism, education, labour, social welfare, sport and the performing arts, catering, as well as commercial and professional bodies.
One Person One Vote: A Memorandum to the Civic Exchange of Hong Kong Addressing the US Electoral System as to the Functional Constituencies Embodied in the Basic Law for the Election of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China11/04.
Summarizing the Standing Committee's considerations in that interpretation,which had been publicly disseminated, he said that the proportion of geographic as opposed to functional constituencies was steadily increasing, showing a trend towards universal suffrage and greater democracy, which reflected the long-term goal of the government.
The case, which preceded the Region's change of status in 1997,had involved an appeal against an earlier court decision that had found that the functional constituencies were constitutional, and the appeals court had rejected the appeal, finding that the existence of the functional constituencies was constitutional and fully compatible with the Covenant as applied to what was then the dependent territory of Hong Kong.
The turnout rates for the geographical constituency, functional constituency and election committee elections were 43.57%, 56.5% and 95.53% respectively.