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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1993
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GOVERNOR REVIEWS LEGCO-ADMINISTRATION TIES
MUCH HAS BEEN ACHIEVED TO STRENGTHEN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
TO ACCOUNTABILITY
THE EXECUTIVE-LED GOVERNMENT AND ITS COUNCIL.
THE
LEGISLATIVE
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TODAY SAID THESE INCLUDED:
(WEDNESDAY)
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THE SEPARATION OF THE NON-OFFICIAL
MEMBERSHIP
EXECUTIVE
TO AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS TO ENABLE EACH
OF THE PLAY
THEIR PROPER ROLES;
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A NEW EXCO WITHOUT REPRESENTATIVES OF POLITICAL PARTIES; AND
AN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE LEGCO REPLACING THE GOVERNOR PRESIDENT.
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MR PATTEN SAID HE HAD ATTENDED 10 QUESTION-AND-ANSWER OF LEGCO.
SESSIONS
IN HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE LEGCO, MR PATTEN SAID HE WAS TO SEE THAT A NEW LEGCO OFFICE WOULD SOON BE ESTABLISHED.
HE
GLAD
WAS
THE
SAID HE REMAINED CONVINCED THAT SOME FORM OF MECHANISM NEEDED WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION COULD DISCUSS WITH LEGCO MEMBERS HANDLING OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S LEGISLATURE AND FINANCIAL PROGRAMMES.
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GOVERNOR UPDATES CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PROPOSALS THAT THE BRITISH SIDE DID TABLE REVISED ELECTION CONFIRMED
THIS TO THE CHINESE SIDE DURING SINO-BRITISH TALKS IN JULY AND AUGUST YRAR.
THESE DIFFER, IN RESPECT OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUNCTIONAL
AND THE CONSTITUENCIES
THE ELECTION COMMITTEE, FROM OFFERED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST YEAR.
THIS
"IN ALL OTHER RESPECTS THE PROPOSALS ARE THE SAME.
PROPOSALS HE
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"THEY ARE PROPOSALS THAT WE WOULD BE PREPARED TO RECOMMEND
AGREEMENT COUNCIL IF THEY FORMED PART OF A SATISFACTORY OVERALL WHICH MUST, OF COURSE,
ACCEPTABLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE 'THROUGH TRAIN'.
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THE MEET CHINESE
IN HIS SECOND ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE LEGCO, MR PATTEN SAID
SIDE HAD MADE TWO MAJOR MOVES IN AN ATTEMPT TO
BRITISH CONCERNS.
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