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Separation of EXCO and Legco (Paper No. 12/92)
24.
The meeting
informal Legco panels
themselves.
of
agreed that the establishment
should be left to the LegCo members
It was also noted that Legco members were
likely to form such panels on
the basis of the present
system of OMELCO panels.
on the suggestion of CS, the
Governor agreed to brief Dame Lydia Dunn on this proposal
before announcement.
New LegCo "Hinge Body" (Paper No. 13/92)
25.
The meeting agreed that a "hinge body" as proposed
in the paper should be set up and called Government
Business Committee. CS said that if this Committee was
on
chaired by the Governor at all its meetings, the Chinese
would say that it was the highest decision-making body rather than EXCO. It was therefore agreed that depending the subjects to be discussed, either the cs or FS should
the meetings of the Committee apart from the The meeting also noted that it would be up to
LegCo to decide on their representatives at the Committee
meetings.
chair
Governor.
Critical Path (Paper No. 14/92).
26.
The meeting noted the timing for the various steps
to be taken from now to February 1993. The Governor said
that the events in late September/early October would
require the most careful planning and handling.
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