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62. IN THE CASE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNOR WILL CONTINUE TO PRESIDE OVER ITS PROCEEDINGS IN THIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG. HOWEVER, ONCE THE PROPOSED ARRANGEMENT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE COUNCILS HAVE BEEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED, THE QUESTION WILL ARISE OF WHETHER THE GOVERNOR'S PRESENT POWERS IN RESPECT OF COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS SHOULD BE REVIEWED. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WILL NEED TO BE DECISIONS ON WHETHER HIS POWER TO DECIDE WHAT QUESTIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND TO ACT IN OPPOSITION TO THE ADVICE OF THE COUNCIL, A POWER RARELY, IF EVER, EXERCISED, SHOULD, FOR MATTERS WITHIN THE COUNCIL'S COMPETENCE, BE REMOVED.
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AS GOVERNOR WILL ALSO NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. IT WOULD BE THE NATURAL
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DEVELOPMENT FOR THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF
EXECUTIVE, TO BE SELECTED, ONCE THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN THIS PAPER
IS COMPLETE, THROUGH AN ELECTIVE PROCESS, FOR EXAMPLE THROUGH ELECTION BY A COLLEGE COMPOSED OF ALL UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS AFTER A PERIOD OF CONSULTATION
HIS
ONE
POSSIBLE
AMONG THEM THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH CHANGES IN THE GOVERNOR'S above POWERS (PARAGRAPH 62 ABOVE), AND IN THE METHOD OF ASELECTION FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG, FOR HONG KONG'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND FOR THE FUTURE GENERALLY, AND ALSO THE TIMING OF ANY CHANGE WOULD NEED TO BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED BEFORE ANY
DECISIONS COULD BE REACHED. NO FIRM PROPOSALS ON THIS QUESTION HAVE THEREFORE BEEN MADE IN THIS PAPER.
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65. THE PROPOSALS DISCUSSED IN CHAPTER 5 AND 6 OF THIS GREEN PAPER MAY BE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (CHAPTER 5)
(A) ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE INTRODUCED TO PROVIDE FOR A SUBSTANTIAL
NUMBER OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO BE ELECTED INDIRECTLY
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(1) BY AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE COMPOSED OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE URBAN
COUNCIL, THE NEW REGIONAL COUNCIL, AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND
(11) BY SPECIFIED FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.
(3) A NUMBER OF APPOINTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS SHOULD BE RETAINED ON
THE COUNCIL, FOR THE TIME BEING.
(C) THE NUMBER OF OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE
GRADUALLY REDUCED.
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(D) TO START WITH, THESE ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE INTRODUCED IN TWO
STAGES IN 1985 AND 1923
ELECTIONS IN THOSE YEARS.
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