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Whichever option were adopted it would be important to ensure that the individual selected enjoyed the confidence and
and respect of the majority of members of the legislature. It might therefore be desirable to provide that the President must be endorsed, or elected, with the support of a minimum of two-thirds or three-quarters of members of the legislature.
16.
It would also be necessary to decide whether there should be changes to the powers of the President of the legislature : for example whether certain powers now exercised by the Governor, as Governor, should be transferred to the President (paragraphs 19-21 of Note 1 refer).
Powers and functions
17.
Annex I to the Joint Declaration provides, amongst other things, that :
(a) "The legislative power of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be vested in the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The legislature may on its own authority enact laws in accordance with the provisions of the Basic Law and legal procedures, and report them to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for the record. Laws enacted by the legislature which are in accordance with the Basic Law and legal procedures shall be regarded as valid."
(b)
(c)
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the appointment or removal of principal judges (i.e. those of the highest rank) shall be made by the chief executive with the endorsement of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region legislature ...".
"The systems by which expenditure must
be
legislature, and by
taxation and public approved by the
which
there
is
accountability to the legislature for public expenditure, and the system
all
for
auditing
public
maintained."
accounts
shall
be
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/cont'd.