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3. ON 14 FEBRUARY 1984, MEMBERS CONSIDERED MEMORANDUM XCS(84)7, ALSO ON THE REVIEW OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION, IN WHICH THEY WERE INFORMED OF THE STEPS IT WAS PROPOSED TO TAKE IN PURSUANCE OF THE PROPOSALS
REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 ABOVE: AND THEY CONSIDERED A DRAFT
STATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT TO BE MADE BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY IN THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 15 FEBRUARY 1984. THE COUNCIL ADVISED AND
THE GOVERNOR ORDERED THAT THE STATEMENT BE MADE SUBJECT TO
CERTAIN ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS. A COPY OF THE FINAL VERSION OF THE
STATEMENT IS ANNEXED.
PURPOSE
4. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEMORANDUM IS TO PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS, FOR MEMBERS' CONSIDERATION, ON THE NEXT STEPS WHICH SHOULD BE TAKEN
TO DEVELOP THE CONSITUTIONAL AND GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE OF HONG
KONG, FOLLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSALS FOR THE FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION DURING THE PERIOD BEFORE 1997.
5. THE AIM IS TO HAVE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED BY 1997 A STRUCTURE OF
GOVERNMENT WHICH HAS THE SOURCE OF POLITICAL POWER ROOTED FIRMLY
IN THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY: TO THIS END THE STRUCTURE SHOULD BE IN
PLACE BY THE EARLY 1990S. IT WILL THEREFORE BE NECESSARY FOR AN
EARLY START TO BE MADE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MORE REPRESENTATIVE
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, AND FOR THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT TO BE
COMPLETED BY STAGES WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
6. (SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN) THIS PARAGRAPH WILL ASSESS THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES, AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG, WHICH THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES PROPOSED IN THE MEMORANDUM WOULD HAVE (SQUARE BRACKETS END).
7. THE PROPOSALS IN THIS MEMORANDUM ARE FOR
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(A) THE PROGRESSIVE REPLACEMENT OF THE APPOINTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY MEMBERS ELECTED INDIRECTLY
(I) BY AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE OF REGIONAL COUNCIL AND DISTRICT
BOARD MEMBERS: AND
(11) BY FUNCTIONAL GROUPS,
TOGETHER WITH A GRADUAL REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF OFFICIAL MEMBERS
OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL:
(B) THE REPLACEMENT OF THE GOVERNOR AS PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY A SPEAKER ELECTED BY THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FROM AMONG THEIR NUMBER:
(C) THE PROGRESSIVE REPLACEMENT OF THE MAJORITY OF THE APPOINTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BY MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE UNOFFICIALS MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FROM AMONG
THE IR NUMBER: AND
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