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in respect of their scrutiny of legislation proposals

Administration

permanent and pensionable

DRAFT SECRETase

6.

With 15 members of ExCo this would give a

chamber of about 50, of which no more than 10

would be officials and no more than a quarter

would be likely to be expatriate.

12. The functional committee structure now

emerging among LegCo Unofficial Members would be

developed and formalised, meeting where necessary

in public.

The Administration

13. It would continue to be the policy in the

administration to promote as fast as possible

Hong Kong Chinese officers while paying due

regard to the legitimate claims of expatriate

officers. A reasonable number of such officers

will continue to be needed as long as Hong Kong

is under British administration, to provide

confidence, continuity and evidence of the

British commitment.

Advisory Boards

14. Wherever possible chairmen of boards and

committees should be unofficials in order to

provide them with experience in the problems of

government.

The First Stage

15. The general aims of such a scheme would be

to increase unofficial participation in all the

processes of government and make the government

and legislative and administrative bodies more

obviously representative of the community. With

these aims in view, and whether the scheme

eventually adopted is exactly as set out above,

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