The Community, Social and Personal Services

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was in the elections for the

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first created in 1995 as one of the nine new functional constituencies under the

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carried out by the then Governor

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, in which the electorate consisted of total 248,987 eligible voters worked related to the

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and personal services in Hong Kong. The constituency was abolished with the colonial Legislative Council dissolved after the transfer of the sovereignty in 1997.

Councillors represented

Election results

References

{{Hong Kong Legislative Council constituencies 1995–1997 Constituencies of Hong Kong Constituencies of Hong Kong Legislative Council 1995 establishments in Hong Kong Constituencies established in 1995 1997 disestablishments in Hong Kong Constituencies disestablished in 1997