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among their number. This will achieve two objectives

first, it will extend representative status to the

Executive Council by building upwards from the base of

existing institutions and secondly it will establish a

strong, formal constitutional link between the

Legislative Council and the Executive Council.

59.

a balanced

it

However, in order to ensure

representation of interests on the Executive Council,

is also proposed that there should be two reserved seats

for appointment by the Governor. These could be filled

from within the Legislative Council or from outside, at

the Governor's discretion.

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60.

It is also proposed that the three principal

officers of the Administration, the Chief Secretary, the

Financial Secretary and the Attorney General, should

remain as ex-officio members as a link between the

Executive Council and the Administration.

The Commander

British Forces should continue to sit as an ex-officio

member of the Council until 1997.

61.

As with the Legislative Council, it is intended

that the

arrangements for introducing a

representative

more

element into the composition of the

Executive Council should be introduced progressively.

Again,

on

the assumption that the period of office of

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