THESE CONTRADICT?
CAN ONLY STAGGER OR 'COINCIDE' IF TERMS JAME
LENGTH
4.
-*'GRAND ELECTORAL COLLEGE'' (GEC) WEPE IF THE OPTION OF A ADOPTED, SPECIFIC PROCEDURES WOULD NEED TO BE DEVELOPED FOR THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS BY IT. THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THESE MIGHT
CONSIST OF:
(A) ELECTION OF A ''NOMINATING COMMITTEE OF THE GEC:
FROM AMONGST THE MEMBERS
(B) SELECTION OF A SHORT-LIST OF POTENTIAL CANDIDATES BY THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE:
(C) PRESENTATION OF THE FINAL LIST OF NOMINEES TO THE GEC FOR ELECTION:
(D)
SUBMISSION OF A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION TO THE CENTRAL PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT THAT THE CANDIDATE ELECTED BY THE GEC BE APPOINTED AS THE NEXT CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
TO FOSTER PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE SYSTEM OF ELECTION, IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE FOR THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEC TO BE CONDUCTED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE IN OPEN SESSION.
TERM OF OFFICE
5.
IT WAS SUGGESTED IN PAPER 1 OF MAY 1986 THAT THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE COULD EITHER COINCIDE WITH THAT OF THE LEGISLATURE, OR BE STAGGERED TO PROVIDE FOR THE SELECTION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AT A DATE DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF ELECTIONS TO THE
LEGISLATURE.
6. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT, IT WOULD SEEM PREFERABLE FOR THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO BE LONGER THAN THAT OF THE LEGISLATURE.
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
VESTED IN HIM. 子 THE
IT NOTED, IN PARTICULAR,
7. PAPER I OF MAY 1986 DESCRIBED THE PRESENT CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION AND POWES OF THE GOVERNOR, EMPHASIZING THAT FOR MANY YEARS HE HAS NOT IN PRACTICE EXERCISED IN FULL THE POWERS LETTERS PATENT AND THE ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS. THAT THE GOVERNOR INVARIABLY ACTS ON POLICY MATTERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, RESPECTS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN REGARD TO DECISIONS ON PROSECTIONS AND IN THE EXERCISE OF HIS POWERS IN REGARD TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE, RARELY (IF EVER) DECLINES TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
B=
WHICH?
HAVING REGARD TO THE ABOVE, THE OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE MIGHT BE DESCRIBED AS BEING :
(A) TO REPRESENT THE HONG KONG SAR:
(B)
TO HEAD AND DIRECT THE HONG KONG SAR GOVERNMENT:
1(c)