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6. THE ATTACHED NOTES CONSIDER THE ROLE TO BE PLAYED IN THE GOVERN- MENT OF THE FUTURE HONG KONG. SÅR BY THE THREE MAKIN INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT NAMELY:,;
THE CHIEF EXECUTIWE
THE EXECUTIVE
THE LEGISLATURE
(NOTE 1)
(NOTE 2)
(NOTE 3)
FUTURE OF THE
A SEPARATE NOTE ON THE JUDAICMARY HAS BEEN PASSED TO THE CHANESE SHADE ON 29 MAY 1987.
To
NOTE 1 FOLLOWS ON FROM EARLMER CONSIDERATION (IN PAPER HIM OF MAY 1987) OF THE METHOD OF SELECTION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND HMS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS.
8. NOTE 2 EXAMINES, IN GREATER DETAIL THAN HITHERTO THE ROLE AND COMPOSENTRON OF A FUTURE EQUIVALENT OF THE PRESENT EXECUTIVE COUNCIAL AND THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE.
RELATIONSHIP
9. NOTE 3 FOLLOWS ON FROM EARLIER CONSIDERATION (IN PAPER # OF MAY 1986 AND NOTE 2 OF OCTOBER 1986) OF THE COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
10. NOTES 2 AND 3 BOTH TOUCH ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING A CLOSE AND CO-OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE HIN THE HINTERESTS OF ENSURING THAT GOVERNMENT BUSINESS CONTINUES TO BE CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY,
11. IN ALL THREE NOTES REFERENCE HS MADE TO THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF A BROADLY-BASED ''GRAND ELECTORAL COLLEGE'' (GEC). SUGGESTIONS FOR SUCH A BODY HAVE EMERGED ON THE CONTEXT OF THE DRAFTING OF THE BASHIC LAW AND WERE ALSO INCLUDED AN THE PAPERS OF MAY AND OCTOBER 1986. FURTHERMORE, THE IDEA THAT A PROPORTION OF THE LEGISLATURE MIGHT BE ELECTED BY A GEC HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD AS A MATTER FOR DISCUSSION FOR THE LONGER TERM = THE GREEN PAPER: ''THE 1987 REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT''. THERE IS, OF COURSE, NO EQUIVALENT BODY HIN HONG KONG'S PRESENT SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT NOR ANY SPECIFIC PROVIKS/MON FOR SUCH A BODY HIN THE JOINT DECLARAT:MON. INT INS STANLL NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS STAGE TO PREDIACT WITH CERTAINTY HOW THE CONCEPT MIGHT BE RECEIVED HIN HONG KONG AND WHETHER THERE WOULD BE GENERAL SUPPORT FOR CREATING A NEW BODY OF THUS KAND TO UNDERTAKE SUCH AN IMPORTANT CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE.
AN IMPORTANT FACTOR Ni
ENCOURAGING MTS ACCEPTANCE MIGHT BE TO MAKE CLEAR THAT SUCH A BODY WOULD NOT BE AN INSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT AS SUCH, BUT WOULD BE CONVENED ONLY AS REQUIRED TO CARRY OUT HITS SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS.
12. IN PREPARING THE ATTACHED NOTES, THE BRITISH SINDE HAS TAKEN
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