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OF ANY SORT OF MINISTERIAL SYSTEM MAKES THE CHANGES PROPOSED

IN THE GREEN PAPER AN EMPTY EXERCISE IN SO FAR AS POWER WILL

REMAIN WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE. THERE MAY AT THE VERY LEAST

BE SCOPE FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF AN EMBRYONIC SYSTEM WHEREBY

UNOFFICIAL EXCO MEMBERS ARE ALLOCATED SPECIFIC AREAS OVER

WHICH THEY HOLD A WATCHING BRIEF. THIS IS PRESUMABLY ALREADY

THE CASE IN AN INFORMAL WAY BECAUSE OF THE POSITIONS HELD BY

EXCO OFFICIALS ON IMPORTANT COMMITTEES EG SIR S Y CHUNG AND

THE CIVIL SERVICE, TS LO AND TRANSPORT, MISS DUNN AND LAND. (I) PARAGRAPH 50. THE FORMULATION OF THE PROPOSAL IN THE FIRST

SENTENCE SEEMS CURIOUS. IT MIGHT BE BETTER SIMPLY TO LIST

THE CONSTITUENCIES THAT IT IS PROPOSED SHOULD ELECT MEMBERS

TO LEGCO AND JUSTIFY THEM BY THEIR IMPORTANCE IN THE .

COMMUNITY.

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SIR P CRADOCK

MR WILSON

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