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COULD BE THE BASIS FOR DIRECT ELECTIONS. ALTERNATIVELY, MEMBERS ELECTED FROM THESE CONSTITUENCIES TO DISTRICT BOARDS AND REGIONAL COUNCILS COULD PROVIDE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE MENTIONED IN PARAGRAPH 6(A)(1) ABOVE. REPRESENTATIVE OPGANISATIONS

FOR INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND THE PROFESSIONS ALREADY EXIST. IT NIGHT BE NECESSARY TO ARRANGE FOR SOME COLLABORATION AMONG THEN

FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING MEMBERS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

10. 14 DECIDING THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, CAREFUL CONSIDERATION WOULD NEED TO BE GIVEN TO THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE

GOVERNOR OR CHIEF EXECUTIVE WITH THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. UNDER

MOST LIKELY SYSTEMS HE WOULD STILL CHAIR THE COUNCIL BUT, AS

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT, HE WOULD BE BOUND TO ACCEPT

AND IMPLEMENT THE COUNCIL'S DECISIONS, UNLESS THERE WERE AREAS

RESERVED FOR HIS PERSONAL DECISION BY LAW. SINCE NO GOVERNOR HAS

GONE AGAINST THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN LIVING

MEMORY THIS WOULD ONLY FORMALISE AN EXISTING SITUATION.

TIMESCALE

11. WHICHEVER METHED OR COMBINATION OF METHODS IS CHOSEN,

THE NEW SYSTEM SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED DURING THE COURSE OF THE

NEXT DECADE. THIS WOULD ENSURE THAT CHANGES WERE BROUGHT ABOUT

IN GOOD TIME BEFORE 1997, ALTHOUGH THE LINK OF AUTHORITY WITH

THE UK WOULD REMAIN UNBROKEN UNTIL THAT DATE. THE URBAN COUNCIL

AND DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN 1985 AND 1986 COULD 3E A FIRST

STEP IN WIDENING THE ROLE OF ELECTIONS IN THE TERRITORY.

MEASURES TO EXTEND THE ELECTIVE PROCESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL, THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNORSHIP COULD FOLLOW

PROGRESSIVELY THEREFAFTER.

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