The total number of chamber members was around 42 000 as of 2009.

Tax advisers are compulsory members of the Chamber by law.

These legal entities are not members of the Chamber.

The pamphlet, distributed to the members of the Chamber, received a cold welcome from the press.

"The frat I belong to wanted to control all of the executive positions," a chamber member said.

Some chamber members went so far as to ask the village five years ago - to no avail - to limit the number of restaurants.

He started his national career as member of the Chamber of Representatives.

He was a member of the Chamber of Representatives from 1893 to 1896.

In 1968, he became a member of the Chamber of Representatives.

He said reaction to the proposal among chamber members, business owners, shopkeepers and residents, had been mostly positive.