SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1986-1
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FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON RELATIONSHIP SIR EDWARD
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THE RELATIONSHIP IN THE FUTURE BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES AND LEGISLATURE IN HONG KONG WILL HAVE TO BE FURTHER DISCUSSED, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER ATTENDING THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES IN YUEN LONG, SIR EDWARD POINTED OUT THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO BODIES WAS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX TO THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THAT SPECIFIED HOW THE LEGISLATURE WOULD BE FORMED.
+ IT (THE JOINT DECLARATION) SAYS THAT THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THAT IS NOT A SIMPLE MATTER OF WORDING, HE SAID.
+ IT REALLY IS A WHOLE SERIES OF RELATIONSHIPS WHICH EXIST BETWEEN ANY EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATURE, AND THAT HAS BEEN BUILT UP IN HONG KONG.
+THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP OF ACCOUNTABILITY ALREADY BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE LEGISLATURE WHICH IS THE COMBINATION OF A WHOLE SERIES OF RELATIONSHIPS.
+WHAT SHOULD BE THE RELATIONSHIP IN THE FUTURE, THAT WILL HAVE TO HAVE SOME FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.+
THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE TWO BODIES WERE QUITE DIFFERENT. THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXECUTION OF POLICY, RECOMMENDATION OF POLICY, FORMATION OF POLICY.
+ THE LEGISLATURE IS THERE TO PASS LAWS, THAT IS NOT THE FUNCTION OF THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES, THAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.
+AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE LEGISLATURE HAS THE POWER TO VOTE FUNDS. NOTHING CAN BE DONE IN HONG KONG OTHER THAN VOTING FUNDS BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
+1 THINK WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO BODIES, THEIR DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AND WHICH ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO DO WHAT.+
ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE WORD +ACCOUNTABLE+ IN RELATION TO THE CHINESE CONSTITUTION, SIR EDWARD SAID HE WOULDN'T WANT TO INTERPRET THE CHINESE CONSTITUTION.