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3.

well as the

regional and district

levels.

The

development of representative government at the central level will be of great significance for the future.

6.

The purpose of this Green Paper is to suggest how the central institutions of government in Hong Kong might be made

made more representative in a way which will make the Government more directly accountable to the people of Hong Kong; and to invite public discussion of and comment on the proposals set out in it.

7.

The main aims of the proposals are

(a)

(b)

(c)

to develop progressively between 1985 and 1992 a system of government the authority for which is firmly rooted in Hong Kong, which is able to represent authoritatively the views of the people of Hong Kong, and which is more directly accountable to the people of Hong Kong;

to build this system on our existing institutions, which have served Hong Kong well, and,

far as possible, to preserve their best features, including the maintenance of the well

practice

established

government by consensus; and

of

to allow for further development if that should be the wish of the community.

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