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that provision would remain in the Standing Orders of the Council for the Governor to address ΟΙ attend the Council on any other occasion on which he considered it to be appropriate or necessary.
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In the case of the Executive Council, the Governor will continue to preside over its proceedings in his capacity as Chief Executive of the Government of Hong Kong. However once the proposed arrangements concerning the Legislative and Executive Councils have been fully implemented, the question will arise of whether the Governor's present powers in respect of Council proceedings should be reviewed. For example, there will need to be decisions on whether his powers to decide what questions should be submitted to the Executive Council and to act in opposition to the advice of the Council a power rarely, if ever, exercised should, for matters within the Council's competence, be removed.
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The future method of selecting candidates for appointment as Governor will also need to be considered. One possible development would be for the Governor himself, in his capacity as Chief Executive, to be selected, once the process described in this Paper is complete, through an elective process, for example, through election by a college composed of all Unofficial Members of the Executive and Legislative Councils after a period of consultation among them.
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The implications of such changes in the Governor's
and (paragraph 62 above), method of his selection (paragraph 63 above), for the Government of Hong Kong, for Hong Kong's relationship with the United Kingdon, and for the future generally, and also the timing of any changes, would need to be carefully considered before any decisions could be reached. No firm proposals on this question have therefore been made in this Paper.
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