The Transport and Communication

functional constituency A functional constituency is an electoral device (a non-geographical constituency) used within the political systems of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China: * Functional constituency (Hong Kong) * Functional cons ...

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 109,716 eligible voters worked related to the

transport Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, an ...

and communication industry. The constituency was abolished with the colonial Legislative Council dissolved after the transfer of the sovereignty in 1997. A similar Transport functional constituency was created for the 1998 election by the HKSAR government with a much narrow electorate base in which 178 electors are only limited to transportation associations.

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 Transport in Hong Kong