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(g)
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(i)
at least 8 members elected by the Unofficial members
of the Legislative Council,
(ii)
two members appointed by the Governor,
(iii)
four ex-officio members.
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These arrangements should be introduced in two stages
1988 and 1991 following the Legislative Council elections
on those years.
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The Governor should cease to be the President of the
Legislative Council and should be replaced by a presiding
officer, at first appointed and subsequently elected directly
by the members of the Legislative Council from their own
number.
(h)
(i)
The Governor should continue to preside over the Executive
Council, but that in 1991 his powers to decide what questions
should be submitted to the Council and to act in opposition"
to the advice of the Council should be removed, and that he
should be bound to accept and implement the Council's decisions, except in any areas reserved for his personal
decision by law.
In 1992 arrangements should be introduced for the Governor to
be selected by an electoral college composed of all the
elected Unofficial members of the Executive and Legislative
Councils.
2.
If the draft Green Paper is acceptable to Ministers and to
the Executive Council, it will be tabled in the Legislative Council
and published for public comment.
LIKELY PUBLIC REACTION
3.
It is likely that in Hong Kong and the UK the main interest will focus on the proposed arrangements for the indirect election of
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