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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.

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SO

THINKING THAT A

PROCESS DECISION

NOW

CAN

AND

BE

EXAMINE TAKEN

WHAT

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THE

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