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3.19
There were relatively few comments on the question of whether Ex-officio members should remain on the Executive council. The Wanchai District Board supported the proposal in full while the Hong Kong Affairs Society suggested that the 4 Ex-officio members should be removed from the Executive Council altogether from 1991. The Tsuen Wan District Board further suggested that in 1991 members of the Executive Council should be allowed to elect their own Chairman who, at the same time, would be given the title of Deputy Governor and eventually the elected Chairman of Executive Council would become Governor of Hong Kong in 1997.
(3) The Governor
3.20
Any changes in the role, functions or composition of the Legislative and Executive Councils naturally raise questions concerning the position of the Governor, in particular with regard to his powers of appointment to the two Councils, his position on the Legislative council, his relationship with the two Councils. From some of the comments made, as analysed below, it was clear that the role of the Governor in these two Councils was not clearly understood.
3.21
The proposal that the presiding officer of Legislative Council should be an Unofficial member to be elected by the Council in due course was well received. Of those who commented, a large number of representative and major organisations did so favourably, The notable ones included the District Boards of Wanchai, Wong Tai Sin, Sai Kung and Tai Po, the HK Affairs Society, the HK Federation of Students, the HK Professional Teachers' Unions, the Reform Club and the HKU Undergrad Study Group on Green Paper.
3.22
A couple of respondents raised the point that the relationship between the Presiding Officer of the Legislative Council and the Administration required clarification and further consideration, as
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