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IF EVER, EXERCISED, SHOULD, FOR MATTERS WITHIN THE COUNCIL'S

COMPETENCE

THIS WOULD CONFIRM THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL'S POSITION

THIS

AS THE PRINCIPAL POLICY-MAKING AUTHORITY.

Be Remored.

CHAPTER 8 CONCLUSION

64. THE PROPOSALS DISCUSSED IN CHAPTERS 5, 6 AND 7 OF THIS GREEN PAPER MAY BE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS -

THE LEGNSLATIVE COUNCIL (CHAPTER 5)

(A) THE APPOINTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOULD BE REPLACED PROGRESSIVELY BY MEMBERS ELECTED INDIRECTLY

(1) BY AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE COMPOSED OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE URBAN

COUNCIL, THE NEW REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS,

AND

(11) BY SPECIFIED FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES,

AND THERE SHOULD BE A GRADUAL REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF

OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

(B) THE EVENTUAL COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY 1991

SHOULD BE

(1) 20 MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE,

(11) 20 MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES,

(II) 10 OFFICIAL MEMBERS.

(C) THESE ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE INTRODUCED IN THREE STAGES IN 1985, 1988 AND 1991 FOLLOWING THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN

THOSE YEARS.

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (CHAPTER 6)

(D) THE MAJORITY OF THE APPOINTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SHOULD BE REPLACED PROGRESSIVELY BY MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FROM AMONG THEIR NUMBER, BUT A SMALL NUMBER OF MEMBERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND THE FOUR EX-OFFICIO

MEMBERS SHOULD REMAIN AS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

(E) THE EVENTUAL COMPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BY 1991

SHOULD BE

-

(1) AT LEAST 8 MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,

(11) 2 MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR,

(111) 4 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS.

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