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MIPT: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: WHITE PAPER: AMENDMENTS (CHAPTERS
I AND II)
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION:
(A) PARAS 1 TO 5: SEE REVISED DRAFT IN MIFT.
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(B) PARA 6(B): AFTER 'WHETHER' INSERT ''AND, IF SO, WHEN''
(C) PARA 6(C): INSERT ''THE' BEFORE ''PRESIDENT''
(D)
PARA 9 FIRST SENTENCE: AMEND TO READ THE GREEN PAPER SUCCEEDED IN ELICITING WIDESPREAD PUBLIC RESPONSE.'',
(E) PARA 9, SECOND SENTENCE: AFTER ''SUBMISSIONS'' INSERT A FULL
STOP AND DELETE REST OF SENTENCE. INSERT TWO NEW SENTENCES AS FOLLOWS: ''IN ADDITION, 168 PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED AND THERE WERE 21 SIGNATURE CAMPAIGNS. THIS RESPONSE
WAS UNPRECEDENTED.'
(F)
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PARA 9, FINAL SENTENCE: AMEND OPENING TO READ ''IN COMPARISON,
THE 1984
AND DELETE ''ONLY''.
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CHAPTER II
w
THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
(A)
PARA 13: REPLACE FINAL SENTENCE BY THE FOLLOWING: ''AT THE CENTRAL LEVEL, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ENACTS LAWS, DEBATES, POLICY ISSUES AND CONTROLS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE. THE ADMINIS- TRATION IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT POLICY AND THE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
(B)
PARA 15, FINAL SENTENCE: FOR
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READ
''TWELVE ''
(C)
PARA 16, FINAL SENTENCE: AFTER ''ELECTED GEOGRAPHICAL BASIS''.
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INSERT **IN A