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7. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE (SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN) AND HIS DEPUTY

(SQUARE BRACKETS END) WOULD BE PERIODICALLY ELECTED IN ACCORDANCE W

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PROCEDURES APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. (SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN) HIS APPOINTMENT WOULD BE CONFIRMED BY THE CENTRAL PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT. (SQUARE BRACKETS END). HE COULD BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE PREMATURELY ONLY ON GROUNDS OF MISBEHAVIOUR OR INFIRMITY AND BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

S. THE CHIEF OFFICIALS OF THE GOVERNMENT 1.E. THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND ATTORNEY GENERAL WOULD BE APPOINTED BY RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ADVICE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

9. THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WOULD DECIDE ALL IMPORTANT MATTERS OF POLICY. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WOULD PRESIDE AT ITS MEETINGS.

THE MAJORITY OF MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WOULD BE ELECTED. BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. SOME SEATS WOULD BE RESERVED FOR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND FOR A FEW SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE.

10. THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AS THE SUPREME ORGAN OF THE SAR, WOULD MAKE THE LAWS. ALL PROPOSALS ENTAILING THE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS WOULD REQUIRE ITS APPROVAL. MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WOULD BE PERIODICALLY ELECTED EITHER DIRECTLY BY REGISTERED VOTERS OR INDIRECTLY BY OTHER REPRESENTATIVE BODIES. A FEW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE WOULD ALSO BE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL. IT WOULD SELECT ITS OWN PRESIDING OFFICER.

11. REGIONAL COUNCILS WOULD BE CONCERNED WITH THE PROVISION OF SUCH LOCAL SERVICES AS MARKETS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION. THEIR MEMBERSHIP WOULD COMPRISE

PERIODICALLY ELECTED AND APPOINTED MEMBERS.

12. DISTRICT BOARDS WOULD PROVIDE A FORUM FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION

AND DISCUSSION AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. THE BOARDS WOULD ALSO HAVE

CERTAIN EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF

CERVICES WITHIN THEIR DISTRICTS. THEIR MEMBERSHIP WOULD COMPRISE PERIODICALLY ELECTED AND APPOINTED MEMBERS.

13. THE (NEXT WORD IN SQUARE BRACKETS) ESTABLISHMENT, COMPOSITION, PROCEDURES, POWERS AND DUTIES AND RELATED MATTERS

OF ALL BOARDS AND COUNCILS AND THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COUNCILS, INCLUDING CONSTITUENCIES, QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS AND CANDIDATES WOULD BE PRESCRIBED BY OR UNDER THE LAWS OF THE SAR.

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