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47. AT PRESENT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IS COMPOSED OF FOUR EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS - THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND TWELVE APPOINTED MEMBERS, TWO OF WHOM ARE OFFICIALS APPOINTED AD PERSONAM AND TEN OF WHOM ARE UNOFFICIALS. THE GOVERNOR PRESIDES OVER THE COUNCIL.
48. THREE OF THE FOUR EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, 1.E. THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, ARE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. FIVE OF THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE TWO OFFICIALS APPOINTED AD PERSONAM ARE ALSO CURRENTLY MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO FORMAL PROVISION IN THE LETTERS PATENT OR THE ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUCH DUAL MEMBERSHIP OF BOTH COUNCILS, IT IS A LONG ESTABLISHED TRADITION THAT SEVERAL SENIOR (OR FORMER) MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOULD ALSO BE APPOINTED AS MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. IN THIS WAY A CLOSE LINK IS MAINTAINED BETWEEN THE TWO COUNCILS,
49. IN ORDER TO MOVE AWAY FROM DEPENDENCE ON THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BY THE GOVERNOR AND TO INTRODUCE A REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENT INTO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IT IS PROPOSED THAT, BY 1991, AT LEAST EIGHT OF THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SHOULD BE ELECTED BY THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FROM AMONG THEIR OWN NUMBER.. THIS WILL ACHIEVE TWO OBJECTIVES - FIRST, IT WILL EXTEND REPRESENTA- TIVE STATUS TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BY BUILDING UPWARDS FROM THE BASE OF EXISTING INSTITUTIONS AND SECONDLY IT WILL ESTABLISH A MORE DIRECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE LEGIS-
LATIVE COUNCIL.
50. GIVEN ITS POLICY MAKING FUNCTIONS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SHOULD ENCOMPASS A FULL RANGE OF EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE MAIN SECTORS OF SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMY AND THE DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS AND AGE GROUPS. THE ELECTIONS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MAY OR MAY NOT PRODUCE THIS RESULT AND IT IS PROPOSED THAT THE GOVERNOR SHOULD HAVE THE POWER TO APPOINT TWO MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT IT HAS THE NECESSARY RANGE OF EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSION- AL KNOWLEDGE AVAILABLE TO IT. THESE MEMBERS COULD BE UNOFFICIALS SELECTED FROM EITHER WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, OR OFFICIALS, AT THE GOVERNOR'S DISCRETION.
51. IT IS ALSO PROPOSED THAT THE THREE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHO ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR ON THE INST- RUCTIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS AS A LINK BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION: AND THAT THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES SHOULD FOR THE PRESENT CONTINUE TO SIT AS AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL.
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