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7.
affecting
The Green Paper discussed a number of issues
the
three tiers of the present system of
government. It put forward a range of options, and set
but it
It did
out the arguments for and against each of them,
not make recommendations. The object was to encourage
the widest possible public response.
The Survey Office
8.
A Survey Office was set up to collect public
opinion on the Green Paper. It operated outside the
ordinary machinery of government and without
interference from the Administration. Two independent
monitors were appointed to oversee its work. Its task
was
to collect and
but collate,
views expressed by the public.
not
to
assess,
the
Its terms of reference
and those of
the monitors are at Appendix A.
The
Survey Office received submissions from the public from
27 May to 30 September 1987. It submitted its report
and the
on
monitors
Both reports
on the public response
submitted their separate report on the
following day.
were tabled in the
29 October 1987,
Legislative Council and published on 4 November.
monitors concluded in their
office had carried out its duties properly, accurately
The
report that the Survey
and
impartially,
reference.
and
in line
its with
terms of
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