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Chapter 2 The Present System
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The present constitutional instruments provide for a system of government in Hong Kong based on three main institutions: the Governor, the Executive Council and the Legislative Council.
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The Governor is appointed by the Queen and is her representative in Hong Kong. He has ultimate direction of the government of Hong Kong. He presides at meetings of the Executive Council and he is President of the Legislative Council.
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The Executive Council consists
of four ex-officio membersS the Chief Secretary, the Commander British Forces, the Financial Secretary and the Attorney General - together with other members who are appointed by the Governor on the instructions of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. At present there are twelve appointed members - ten Unofficial and tvo Official.
The Executive Council advises the Governor on all important matters of policy. Thus the Council considers all major policy matters and all principal legislation before it is introduced into the Legislative Council. The Council itself makes subsidiary legislation under a number of ordinances. also considers appeals, petitions and objections under certain ordinances.
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The Legislative Council comprises the Governor (as the President), three ex-officio members the Chief. Secretary, the Financial Secretary,
and the Attorney General and, at present, 29 Unofficial members and 15 Official members, who are appointed by the Governor with the approval of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. The Legislative Council's primary function is the enactment of legislation, including legislation for the appropriation of public funds. It also questions the Administration on matters of public interest and debates questions of policy. In addition, it exercises control over the expenditure of public funds through the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council, which consists of the Chief Secretary, as chairman, the Financial Secretary, one ocher Official member of the Council (by convention the Secretary for Lands and Works) and all the Unofficial members of the Council.
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Beneath the Governor in his capacity as the chief executive are 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
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