THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1989
THE DRAFT
BASIC LAW MIGHT BE
HE NOTED THAT MANY POINTS IN REGARDED AS NOT BEING ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY.
CITING ARTICLE 45 AS AN EXAMPLE, HE SAID ON THE PACE
THAT THE PRINCIPLES OF IT, THE CONCEPT CHIEF EXECUTIVE THE CHIEF
OF THIS ARTICLE SEEMED CLEAR AND SEEMED ACCEPTABLE: IT SAID THAT THE SELECTION OF THE
THE ULTIMATE AIM OF SHOULD BE GRADUAL AND ORDERLY WITH EXECUTIVE BEING SELECTED BY GENERAL ELECTION.
WHEN EVIDENT HE SAID.
"HOWEVER, ON EXAMINATION, IT IS TOO VAGUE AND AT THE ANNEX I OF THE DRAFT BASIC LAW, IT BECOMES PROGRESS IS CLEARLY TOO GRADUAL AND TOO ORDERLY,
SAID
*IF
THE
CHIEF
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ONE LOOKS THAT THIS
A
PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE SIMILARLY, HE QUERIED WHETHER THE THIRD
EXECUTIVE DOES NOT ADOPT 56 WHICH SIMPLY
SHALL PUT HIS/HE MAJORITY OPINION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HE/SHE SPECIFIC REASONS ON RECORD', WAS AS "HARMLESS" AS IT LOOKED.
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EXECUTIVE HE SAID.
COUNCIL.
EXECUTIVE ΤΟ ACT SOMR
"CLEARLY IT (THE ARTICLE) PERMITS THE CHIEF
OF OPINION
THE MAJORITY CONTRARY TO THE MIGHT EVEN SAY IT ENCOURAGES HIM TO DO 30,
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PRESENT POSITION COULD
DO SO, THE
ACCORDING TO MR ARCULLI'S UNDERSTANDING, THE
ALTHOUGH THEORETICALLY IN HONG KONG WAS THAT GOVERNOR NEVER ACTED CONTRARY TO THE MAJORITY OPINION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
HE THEREFORE BELIEVED THAT RELEVANT CHANGES SHOULD BE THE ARTICLE TO REFLECT THE TRUE SITUATION.
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MADE ΤΟ
GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT ARTICLE 64 STATED THAT THE OF THE HONG KONG SAR SHALL BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE IN FOUR RESPECTS IMPLEMENTING LAWS PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND ALREADY ON ITS WORK TO THE COUNCIL; IN FORCE; PRESENTING REGULAR REPORTS
COUNCIL; AND OBTAINING ANSWERING QUESTIONS RAISED BY MEMBERS OF THE APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL FOR TAXATION AND PUBLIC EXPENDITURE.
NOT
RESTRICT
TH19 TO BE A
DOES DECLARATION BUT HE SAID, "THE JOINT ACCOUNTABILITY TO THESE FOUR AREAS AND IT THEREFORE APPEARS DEPARTURE.
OF THE HKSAR WAS SINCE THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT CRUCIAL, HE FELT STRONGLY THAT CHANGES TO THIS ARTICLE SHOULD BE MADE.
CONSTITUTIONAL
OF
DEVELOPMENT TURNING TO THE SUBJECT 1997, MR ARCULLI SUGGESTED THAT THE PACE BE REVIEWED AND HONG POSITION RE-EVALUATED.
BEFORE KONG'S
"IT MAY BE UNREALISTIC TO HOLD TO THE POSITION THAT ONLY 10 RETURNED TO THIS COUNCIL BY DIRECT ELECTION IN 1991," HE SAID.
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"WE MUST START OPTIONS ARE OPEN TO US APPROPRIATE TIME.
OUR
SO
THINKING THAT A
PROCESS DECISION
NOW
CAN
AND
BE
EXAMINE TAKEN
WHAT
AT
THE
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