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Textiles and Garment (constituency)

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Electorate
  
2,102 (2016)

Number of members
  
1

Founded
  
1995

Created
  
Hong Kong legislative election, 1995

The Textiles and Garment functional constituency is in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, first created in 1995 as one of the nine new functional constituencies under the electoral reform, carried out by the then Governor Chris Patten in which the electorate consisted of total 60,568 eligible voters related to the textile and garment industry. It was abolished with the colonial Legislative Council and dissolved after the transfer of the sovereignty in 1997.

The constituency was recreated for the 1998 Legislative Council election unless its electorate base has been narrowed which is composed of Textiles and Garment associations only.

Current composition

The textiles and garment functional constituency is composed of-

  • corporate members of the Textile Council of Hong Kong Limited
  • corporate members of each of the following bodies entitled to vote at general meetings of the body;
  • The Federation of Hong Kong Cotton Weavers;
  • The Federation of Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers;
  • Hong Kong Chinese Textile Mills Association;
  • The Hong Kong Cotton Made-up Goods Manufacturers Association, Limited;
  • The Hong Kong Cotton Spinners Association;
  • Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers Association Ltd.;
  • Hong Kong Knitwear Exporters & Manufacturers Association Ltd.;
  • Hong Kong Woollen & Synthetic Knitting Manufacturers' Association Ltd.;
  • The Hong Kong Association of Textile Bleachers, Dyers, Printers and Finishers Limited;
  • The Hong Kong Weaving Mills Association;
  • The Hong Kong Wool and Synthetic Spinners Association Limited;
  • The Hong Kong General Chamber of Textiles Limited;
  • members of the Hong Kong Institution of Textile and Apparel Limited entitled to vote at general meetings of the Institution
  • Textiles & Clothing manufacturers
  • textiles traders.

    • References

    Textiles and Garment (constituency) Wikipedia
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