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THE REVISED TEXT OF NOTE 2: THE EXECUTIVE IS AS FOLLOWS :
THE EXECUTIVE
NOTE 2
PAPER # OF MAY 1986 DESCRIBED HOW THE PRESENT GOVERNMENTAL *INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG OPERATE PRACTICE AND THE INTER- RELATIONSHIP OF THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS IN THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE§ HN PARTICULAR THE GOVERNOR THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. .
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UNSOFAR AS THE EXERCISE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES, UNDER THE AUTHORNTY OF HMG, S CONCERNED, THE ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM AS INT FUNCTIONS IN PRACTICE ARE THAT
(A) THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIAL ADVISES THE GOVERNOR, WHO IS NN GENERAL REQUIRED TO CONSULT INT ON IMPORTANT MATTERS OF POLACY SEMICOLON
(B)
MEMBERS TENDER THEHR ADVICE AND HVIDUALLY BUT THE GOVERNOR ACTS ON THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE SEMICOLON
(C) THE DECINS MONS OF THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL (N EFFECT THE GOVERNOR AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ACTING TOGETHER) ARE PRESENTED AS COLLECTIVE DECISIONS SEMICOLON
(D)
APART FROM THE EX-OFFICO MEMBERS SPECIFIED IN THE ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE APPOINTED FOR FIXED PERIODS BY THE GOVERNOR UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE QUEEN SEMICOLON
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THE MAJORITY OF MEMBERS ARE UNOFFIGNALS*** .E. NOT PUBLIC SERVANTS SEMICOLON
(F) THE PUBLIC SERVICE, THROUGH OFFICIALS OF SECRETARY RANK, PRESENTS POLICY PROPOSALS TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR DECKS LON. THESE OFFICIALS ARE THEN RESPONSIBLE FOR DIRECTING THE *IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECISIONS OF THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL AND ACCOUNT FOR THEM TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THE PUBLIC.
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