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college).
methods
There are a number of possible
of achieving selection on
One mold might be
this
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basis, including) a college composed
current members of the Executive and the
Legislature; former members of the Hong Kong
Executive Council and Legislative Council;
representatives of bodies now forming the
consultative colleges for the election of
members of functional constituencies in the
existing
and
Legislative
Council;
—
representatives of other territory-wide
bodies composed of local inhabitants, as
defined in the Joint
the Chairman and
Declaration, including
former Chairman of
organisations of standing in the Community.
8. A single contested direct election (option (a) above) would be unlikely to find favour in Hong Kong, at its present stage of development; it would be regarded as a major and fundamental change and as
as too likely to lead to highly charged adversarial politics and thus instability.
9.
An election of the Chief Executive by majority vote among members of the Legislature (option (b) above) would
of producing
be
an
easily understood method
which would
assist
a
Chief
Executive. It would confirm that he enjoyed the confidence
of the Legislature
the conduct of
government. It would require no body additional to those referred to in the Joint Declaration to be established, and is likely to be favoured by many in Hong Kong.
10. A wider consultative college (option (c) above) would require the creation of a new body for which there is no provision in the Joint Declaration. There is no experience available in Hong Kong on which a judgment could be made of
how it
lead would
and its novelty might suspicion. On the other hand, it might find favour in Hong
operate
to