The Hotels and Catering

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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 of 75,174 eligible voters worked related to the

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and

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sectors. The constituency was abolished with the colonial Legislative Council dissolved after the transfer of the sovereignty in 1997. A similar Catering functional constituency was created for the 2000 election by the HKSAR government with a much narrow electorate base which only consists of is composed of holders of food business licences.

Councillors represented

Election results

References

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