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Executive and Legislative Councils

and the Civil

Service, and its relationship with the Executive and

Legislative Councils, to be considered.

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44.

As has been indicated earlier, it is considered

that the principal officers in the Administration, i.e.

the Chief Secretary, the Financial Secretary and the

Attorney General, should remain as ex-officio members of

both the Executive and the Legislative Councils as a

link between

those

two

institutions

and the

Administration. It is also thought that a limited

number of other senior officials, who would probably be

the major policy Secretaries, should remain as members

of the Legislative Council in order to present proposals

to the Council and answer questions from Unofficial

members. Furthermore, the Commander

British Forces

should continue to be a member of the Executive Council

until 1997.

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45.

No changes are envisaged in the role and

functions of the Government Secretariat and other

Departments, or of the Civil Service as a whole.

46.

made from time to time

Suggestions have been made

that Unofficial members of the Executive and Legislative

Councils should play a greater

part in the

Administration by assuming some sort of executive role,

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