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YOUR TELNO 2156: PREPARATION OF PAPERS FOR SECRETARY OF STATE :
COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATURE AND DIRECT ELECTIONS.
AT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING THIS MORNING, MEMBERS
UNANIMOUSLY CONSIDERED THAT THE PROPOSED NEW PARAGRAPH 14 SHOULD NOT (NOT) BE ADDED TO THE PAPER UNDER REFERENCE. IN THEIR VIEW, ANY PARA ON THESE LINES MAY BE CONSTRUED AS MEANING THAT HMG AND
HKG ARE KEEN ON INTRODUCING DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 1988, WHICH WILL
DISTURB THE CHINESE.
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MEMBERS NOTED THAT THE SUBJECT OF THE TRANSITION BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION BY THE GOVERNOR UP TO 1997 AND BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
THEREAFTER WOULD BE DEALT WITH ORALLY BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE FIRST INSTANCE. MEMBERS LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THE SUBJECT
WITH HIM ON 11TH OCTOBER.
3.
A SMALL TEXTUAL AMENDMENT IS NECESSARY IN THE PAPER ON THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATURE, PARAGRAPH 5(B). ADD AFTER WHETHER THE WORDS THE GENERAL CONTENT OF '*. THIS
TAKES ACCOUNT OF THE POINT THAT BILLS ARE NOT INFREQUENTLY SUBJECT
TO AMENDMENT BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BEFORE BEING PASSED.
4. MEMBERS ALSO NOTED THAT THE PAPER ON THE BASIC LAW LEGAL
ISSUES WOULD PROBABLY BE HANDED OVER TO THE CHINESE BY DR. WILSON.
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