(C) APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR
29
25
17 0
(D) OFFICIAL MEMBERS
18
13
13
10
TOTAL
47
48
50
50
44. THIS PROPORTION OF MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, AS AGAINST THE NUMBERS ELECTED BY FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, IS NOT THE ONLY MIX WHICH COULD BE ENVISAGED. AN ALTERNATIVE COULD, FOR EXAMPLE, BE 25 MEMBERS CHOSEN BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND 15 BY THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, WITH THE RATE AT WHICH THE FORMER WERE INTRODUCED TO THE COUNCIL BEING SPEEDED UP. SPECIFIC PROPOSALS ON THIS WILL BE MADE IN THE LIGHT OF THE PUBLIC REACTION TO THE PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THIS PAPER AND BEFORE LEGISLATIVE ACTION IS TAKEN TO INTRODUCE THEM.
45. THE GOVERNOR'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IS DISCUSSED IN CHAPTER 7.
CHAPTER 6 THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
46. THE MAIN FUNCTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IS TO ADVISE THE GOVERNOR ON MATTERS OF POLICY. IN RECENT YEARS THE GOVERNOR HAS HEVER FAILED TO ACCEPT THE ADVICE OF THE COUNCIL ON SUCH MATTERS, AND MEMBERS TAKE THE INITIATIVE IN PROPOSING MATTERS AND IN CALLING FOR PAPERS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COUNCIL. AS A CONSEQUENCE IT HAS IN EFFECT BECOME COLLECTIVELY THE POLICY MAKING BODY FOR MATTERS WITHING ITS COMPETENCE. ITS SECONDARY FUNCTIONS ARE TO MAKE SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION AND TO CONSIDER APPEALS AND PETITIONS UNDER VARIOUS ORDINANCES. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE COUNCIL'S PRESENT ROLE AND FUNCTIONS APPEAR TO BE NECESSARY.
47. AT PRESENT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IS COMPOSED OF FOUR EX-OFF IC10 MEMBERS 8 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 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.
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