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The most important" of there in the cokretovi function of ombudsman. for 1975 members teall

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canes and

ohrained diministratule redren in 22% of the

income groups emerging at this level to advisory

committees and eventually to the Legislative Council

should be encouraged. Some expansion of the Legis-

lative Council is also desirable, uk to enable it

to deal with the increasing sophistication of

Government and with the extra-legislative duties of

unofficial members. should collective perform the fune-

tion-ombudsmen with considerable-suceEss

Member d

Clearly, the

appointment of representatives emerging from the lower income groups will require the payment of allowances

to

unofficial members of the Executive and. Legislative

Councils. The existing translation, secretarial and

research staff of the office of the unofficial members

of the Executive and Legislative Councils will also

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need to be strengthened.

In due course, it might

be desirable to appoint "unofficial members", drawn

from the Executive Council but answerable in the

Legislative Council for particular fields of policy

in the same way that official members are at present.

In these ways, the Legislative Council can be made

more representative and less alien and more responsive,

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ay. We have considered the arguments for and against

a substantial increase in the size of the Legislative

Council, and the question of whether it is possible

and desirable to differentiate the functions of the

Executive and Legislative Councils more clearly than

at present. On the first, we conclude that a

Legislative Council representing all aspects of Hong

Dong society should only be as large as is necessary to

carry out its functions. There is, in other words, no

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