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EXECUTIVE IN HONG KONG TO BE A **PROFESSIONAL BUREAUCRAT''. HONG KONG HAS AN EFFICIENT CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM. ONE METHOD IS THEREFORE TO CHOOSE TALENTS FROM AMONGST THE PPESENT SENIOR ADMINISTRATORS N THE CIVIL SERVICE. ANOTHER SOURCE COULD BE FROM AMONGST LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS WHO ARE WELLVERSED IN THE OPERATION OF THE ESTABLISHED
GOVERNMENT SYSTEM.
(E) THE MERIT OF INDIRECT ELECTION IS THAT (THE MEMBERS OF) THE ́ELECTORAL BODY WILL NOT HAVE TO VIE FOR APPOINTMENT TO BECOME THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE THEMSELVES. IT WILL INSTEAD IDENTIFY AND RECOMMEND CANDIDATES FOR THE POST, AND THEN THROUGH VOTING OR CONSULTATION ARRIVE AT THE MAJORITY CHOICE. SINCE CHINA HAS AGREED THAT HONG KONG SHALL REETAN THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM, NATURALLY SHE WILL ALSO ACCEPT CAPITALIST DEMOCRACY (SIC) TO COMPLEMENT ITS ECONOMIC FOUNDATION.
2. THE EARLIER PART OF THE ARTICLE CONTAINED A STATEMENT THAT THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP MEETING. WHICH WILL BE HELD IN MARCH IN HONG KING WILL DISCUSS THE QUESTION OF CONVERGENCE BETWEEN PEPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND THE BASIC LAW. IT ALSO SAID THAT THE SUGGESTION, MADE BY MANY PROFESSIONALS IN HONG KONG THAT THE DRAFTING OF THE GOVERNMENT-STRUCTURE SECTION OF THE BASIC LAW SHOULD BE ACCORDED PRIORITY HAS BEEN GIVEN SERIOUS CONSIDERATION BY PEKING.
3. FULL TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF THE ARTICLE WILL FOLLOW BY BAG.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
RESEARCH D (FE)
D/HD PUSD
MR. WILSON
(REPEATED AS REQUESTED)
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