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public and various interest groups for the development of representative Government at the central level 23 vall 28 the regional and district levels. development of representative government level will be of great significance for the future.

at the central

6.

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

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

system authority

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for

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the

government which is ficaly rooted in Hong

Hong Kong, which is able

represent

to

authoritatively the views of the people of Hong Kong, and which is nore directly accountable to the people of Hong Kong;

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to build this system on OUZ existing institutions, which have served Hong Kong well, and as 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.