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8.
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 Legislative Council: and representatives of
other territory-wide bodies composed of local
inhabitants, including the Chairmen and former
Chairmen of organisations of standing in the
community.
A single contested 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 too likely to lead to highly charged adversarial politics and thus instability.
9.
a
Chief
An election of the Chief Executive by majority vote among members of the Legislature (option (b) above) would
be an easily understood method of producing Executive. It would confirm that he enjoyed the confidence
of the Legislature which would assist 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.
no
A wider consultative college (option (c) above) would require the creation of a new body for which there is
provision in the Joint Declaration.
There is not
experience available in Hong Kong on which a judgement could be made of how it would operate and its novelty might lead to suspicion. On the other hand, it might find favour in Hong Kong providing a consensus could be achieved on how it should be composed and how it should operate, e.g.
whether it would meet in public or private: whether
candidates could be presented only with the support of
members of the college and if so how many: whether there would be an elctoral process to decide between candidates if no consensus could be reached on a single candidate,
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