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MIPT: STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT: LONGER TERM ISSUES.
THE REVISED TEXT OF THE COVER-ING PAPER IS AS FOLLOWS :
BEGINS
ISSUES CONNECTED WITH THE QUESTION OF CONVERGENCE: EXECUTIVE AND
LEGISLATURE
ON 23 MAY AND 14 OCTOBER 1986, S:IA GEOFFREY HOWE HANDED OVER TO FOREIGN MINISTER WU XUEQRAN TWO SETS OF PAPERS ON HSSUES
CONNECTED WITH THE QUESTION OF CONVERGENCE BETWEEN THE PRESENT
STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG, AND THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERN-
MENT TO BE PRESCRIBED IN THE BASIC LAW FOR THE FUTURE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (SAR).
2. THE FIRST SET OF PAPERS DESCRIBED HOW THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT
INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG OPERATE IN PRACTICE AND EXAMINED CERTAIN ISSUES WHICH WOULD REQUIRE CONSIDERATION IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE CONVERGENCE.
3. THE SECOND SET OF PAPERS DEALT IN GREATER DETAIL WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE: THE FUTURE OF THE SEATS IN THE LEGISLATURE NOW HELD BY OFFICIAL AND APPOINTED MEMBERS: AND A NUMBER OF LEGAL ISSUES ARISING FROM THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW.
5. THE BRITISH SIDE HAS GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION TO A NUMBER
OF LONGER-TERM ISSUES CONNECTED WITH THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF
GOVERNMENT AND THE NEED FOR CONVERGENCE WITH THE POST-1997
STRUCTURE TO BE PRESCRIBED IN THE BASIC LAW ACHIEVED. IT WOULD NOW
LIKE TO SHARE ITS THOUGHTS WITH THE CHINESE SIDE.
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