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OF ANY SORT OF MINISTERIAL SYSTEM MAKES THE CHANGES PROPOSED
IN THE GREEN PAPER AN EMPTY EXERCISE IN SO FAR AS POWER WILL
REMAIN WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE. THERE MAY AT THE VERY LEAST
BE SCOPE FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF AN EMBRYONIC SYSTEM WHEREBY
UNOFFICIAL EXCO MEMBERS ARE ALLOCATED SPECIFIC AREAS OVER
WHICH THEY HOLD A WATCHING BRIEF. THIS IS PRESUMABLY ALREADY
THE CASE IN AN INFORMAL WAY BECAUSE OF THE POSITIONS HELD BY
EXCO OFFICIALS ON IMPORTANT COMMITTEES EG SIR S Y CHUNG AND
THE CIVIL SERVICE, TS LO AND TRANSPORT, MISS DUNN AND LAND. (I) PARAGRAPH 50. THE FORMULATION OF THE PROPOSAL IN THE FIRST
SENTENCE SEEMS CURIOUS. IT MIGHT BE BETTER SIMPLY TO LIST
THE CONSTITUENCIES THAT IT IS PROPOSED SHOULD ELECT MEMBERS
TO LEGCO AND JUSTIFY THEM BY THEIR IMPORTANCE IN THE .
COMMUNITY.
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