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(i)

one-third of the Councillors will be

elected by the Council of Advisers from amongst the

Advisers themselves;

(ii) one-third of the Councillors will be drawn

from functional constituencies;

(iii)

one-third of the Councillors will be drawn

from District Boards or geographical constituencies.

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38.

The Governor will be ex-officio President of the

Council. It must be made clear here that the President of

the Legislative Council is not like a Westminster-style

Speaker.

On the

Apart from arranging the Order of Business, enforcing

the rules of debate and ensuring fair debate, he will also

be the representative of the Central Government.

one hand he must safeguard full democracy in the legislative

process; on the other hand he is responsible for ensuring,

on behalf of the Central Government, that the laws of Hong

Kong do not go outside the framework of the Joint Declaration.

Thus, he will need to have the authority to dissolve the

Legislative Council and call for re-elections when absolutely

necessary.

39.

Although serving Legislative Councillors cannot

concurrently be members of the Council of Advisers, they