13. AN SAP EXECUTIVE COULD BE FORMED IN ONE OF TWO WAYS:
(A) BY SELECTION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE HIMSELF FROM AMONG, OR OUTSIDE, PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS AND THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATURE:
(B) IN PART AT LEAST BY ELECTION FROM AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATURE THEMSELVES.
14. THE FIRST ALTERNATIVE IS LIKELY TO PROVIDE THE SIMPLER SOLUTION
WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE LEAST CHANGE. IT WOULD GIVE THE EXECUTIVE
INCREASED AUTHORITY IF, ONCE IT HAD BEEN SELECTED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, HE SOUGHT A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE, COLLECTIVELY, FROM THE
LEGISLATURE. IF THE EXECUTIVE DID NOT ENJOY THE CONFIDENCE
OF THE LEGISLATURE IT WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY IN SECURING THE PASSAGE
OF LAWS AND IN RAISING REVENUE (SEE PARAGRAPHS 23 AND 25 BELOW).
THE LEGISLATURE.
15. THE JOINT DECLARATION PROVIDES THAT THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION SHALL BE CONSTITUTED BY
ELECTION. THE METHODS OF ELECTION, AT LEAST IN GENERAL TERMS,
WOULD NEED TO BE SPECIFIED IN THE BASIC LAW. DEPENDING ON
DEVELOPMENTS (SEE PARAGRAPH 16 BELOW) IT MIGHT BE SPECIFIED THAT
ELECTIONS SHOULD INCLUDE BOTH DIRECT AND INDIPECT ELECTIONS.
16. INDIRECT ELECTIONS ARE ALREADY USED IN HONG KONG IN SELECTING
PART OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. DIRECT ELECTIONS
ARE USED AT THE DISTRICT AND URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL LEVEL.
WHETHER OR NOT TO INTRODUCE THEM FOR A PROPORTION OF MEMBERS AT THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LEVEL WILL BE DECIDED IN THE LIGHT OF THE 1987
REVIEW (PAPER NO 2).
17. SOME ARRANGEMENTS WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE TO BE MADE FOR THE SEATS
NOW OCCUPIED BY (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) EX-OFFICIO, OFFICIAL AND
APPOINTED MEMBERS IN THE LIGHT OF THE REQUIREMENT IN THE JOINT
DECLARATION THAT THE LEGISLATURE BE CONSTITUTED BY ELECTIONS.
(SEE PARAGRAPH 15 ABOVE).
POWEPS OF THE GOVERNOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
18. THE POWERS EXERCISED BY THE GOVERNOR ARE SET OUT IN PAPER NO
1. CERTAIN POWERS ARE ASCPIDED TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN THE JOINT
DECLARATION. A CONVERGENCE BETWEEN THE TWO WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE
FOR THE EXERCISE OF THE FOLLOWING POWERS:
(A) TO NOMINATE MEMPERS OF THE EXECUTIVE:
(B) TO PRESIDE OVER THE MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE:
(C) TO NOMINATE THE PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS (JD ANNEX 1, SECTION 1):
(D) TO APPOINT AND REMOVE JUDGES SUBJECT TO THE PROCEDURES IN THE JOINT DECLARATION, AMMEX 1, SECTION IN:
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