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he should.
The government respects this view and there
will be no change in the position of the Governor as the
President of the Legislative Council for the time being.
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On the question of the existing composition of
this Council, public opinion generally favoured a gradual
approach to change in 1988. We have therefore concluded
that there should be no major change to
to the existing
composition of Legislative Council in that year. Further
change will of course be necessary in the longer term: the
Special Administration Region legislature of the future (SAR) will be fully elected, and
when post-1997 constitutional arrangements are clearer, it
will be necessary to take systematic steps, to bring the
the composition of the Legislative Council into line with that
A provided for in the Basic Law.
Basic Law. In the meantime, the
primary consideration must be to maintain
the
efficiency
whilst at the same time allowing for further development
of the system of representation of key sectors of the
community. With this in mind, the government has decided
that, in 1988 :
三
:
first, there will be no change to the number of
Official Members;
secondly, that the number of Appointed Members
will be reduced by two, that is to say, from 22
to 20;