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Chapter 6 The Executive Council

56.

At present, the Executive Council is composed

of four ex-officio members the Chief Secretary, the

British Forces, the Financial Secretary and

Commander

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.

57.

Five of the Unofficial members of the Executive

Council are also currently members of the Legislative

Council. Although there is ΠΟ 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.

58.

the

In order to move away from dependence on the

system of present

of the appointment of members

Executive Council by the Governor and to introduce а

representative element into the Executive Council it

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

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