CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 337
OF 311019Z JANUARY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED : REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
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FURTHER TO MY TELNO 333, A NUMBER OF PAPERS REPORTED TODAY THAT
AT A DINNER PARTY WITH A NUMBER OF EXCO/LEGCO UNOFFICIALS (INCLUDING ALLEN LEE, SELINA CHOW, STEPHEN CHEONG, MARTIN LEE,
HUP YIN-FAT, CHENG HON-KWAN AND DR. CHIU HIN-KWONG) HELD ON 30 JANUARY, LU PING SAID THAT THE SAR LEGISLATURE WOULD BE GIVEN THE POWER TO DISMISS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE BY PASSING A RESOLUTION WITH
A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY.
2. MING PAO REPORTED THAT DR. CHU SUGGESTED TO LU PING AT THE DINNER THAT THE FUTURE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE SAR SHOULD BE
SELECTED BY THE LEGISLATURE BY ELECTION OR CONSULTATION AND BE
APPOINTED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. IF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
DISAGREED WITH THE CHOICE OF THE CANDIDATE, IT COULD ASK FOR A RE-SELECTION. LU PING WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT THE IDE A
PUT FORWARD WAS VERY MEANINGFUL, AND THEN WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE
LEGISLATURE COULD MAKE A REQUEST TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO
DISMISS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE IF SUCH A RESOLUTION WAS PASSED BY A
TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY. LU PING WAS ALSO REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT
POLITICAL PARTIES WERE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR HONG KONG AS THEY WOULD
NOT BE OF MUCH USE.
3. REPORTING ON THE SAME EVENT, THE HONG KONG DIALY NEWS ALSO QUOTED LU PING AS HAVING SAID THAT THE POWER (NEXT TWO WORDS IN
SQUARE BRACKETS) QUAN LH OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOULD NOT BE
ABOVE THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SHOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING POLICY, AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOULD
HAVE A SUPERVISORY ROLE. THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL POWERS SHOULD ALSO BE SEPARATE SO THAT EACH SHOULD BALANCE THE
OTHER.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED
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COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
MP. WILSON
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03 FEB 1986
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