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The 10 official members present government proposals
and draft legislation to the Council, account to the
legislature on behalf of the Government for government
policies, and answer questions on those policies.
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As regards the future, one solution which has been suggested is that all appointed members should be withdrawn.
from the legislature on a gradual basis. This would mean
that after 1997, membership of the legislature would be
confined to members chosen by direct election electoral colleges and/or functional constituencies.
regards officials, neither the Chief Executive nor his principal officials would be voting members, although they could appear before the legislature. The legislature itself would thus have no equivalent of either the present appointed or official members.
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This proposal might be workable, if it could be confidently assumed that the Chief Executive's policies,
based as they would be on the fundamental policies of the
HKSAR set out in the Joint Declaration, could always be expected to enjoy sufficient support in
in a council elected
by direct, indirect or functional constituency methods.
Such an assumption might be valid if the Chief Executive:
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were elected by the legislature (see paragraph 7(b) of/paper H); or
executive to the
confidence (see
(b) presented the members of his
legislature for a vote of
paragraph 14 of paper TI ) .
however, would not necessarily
whole of the legislative session; or
(c)
This confidence,
survive for the
chose the members of his executive from among members of the legislature.
If, however, the assumption in paragraph 7 above were not valid, and none of courses (a), (b) or (c) above were
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