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12.

In

institutions

support of the three main constitutional

described above is the Administration,

which can be defined as the Governor, who exercises his

power as the chief executive after taking the advice of

the Executive Council, and the Civil Service. Beneath

the Governor as the chief executive the Administration

is headed by his three principal advisers: the Chief

Secretary, who, inter alia, is head of the Civil Service

and the Governor's deputy; the Financial Secretary, who

is the Governor's adviser on budgetary and fiscal policy

and economic and monetary affairs; and the Attorney

General, who is the Governor's legal adviser. These

three officials are members ex-officio of both the

Executive and Legislative Councils and, as of right,

each has direct access to the Governor.

It is under the

direction of these three principal advisers that the

Civil Service operates, through the machinery of the 12

policy and two resource branches of the Government

Secretariat and about 60 executive departments.

13.

In support of these central government

institutions, there is an

which

Boards and Committees, which

distinctive feature of the

extensive network of 387

make up an important and

make

system of consultative

government in Hong Kong. Many hundreds of citizens

serve as members of these boards and committees. Most

of them are appointed but in some

cases they are

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