CO537-1651 — Page 27

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Governor should have power to nominate a few

members at his discretion not as representative

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of communities or interests but as persons

concerned with the wellbeing of the colony

and possessing a special experience which

will be useful in discussion on public

affairs. The Council should have as many

officials as elected persons but an unofficial

majority secured by the members nominated by

the Governor. The instruments should be

drafted so as to permit of numbers and balance

to be adjusted from time to time and the

present arrangement regarded as reviewable in

five years.

(b) Some unofficial members from the Legislative

(c)

Council should be invited to serve on the

Government Executive and should be associated

with the affairs of particular departments

of the Government, the affairs of which they

can handle in the Legislative Council and

gradually assume some responsibility in the

Executive. At this stage these unofficial

members should be in a minority though

again they can move as a result of periodic

revision and as experience grows to a

majority.

On the Legislative Council an unofficial member

should be elected to preside being nominated

by the Governor in the first session. There

might also be on the Legislative Council a

few advisory Committees where they can be

conveniently created for the study of certain

departmental affairs.

(a) The Legislative Council will obviously cover

the whole territory, Hong Kong, Kowloon

and