TNAG-1440-FCO40-1924-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 132

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We also suggest a new third sentence:

service

executes

"The public directions and orders and per forms statutory functions conferred upon it."

such the

(c) para 7 (i) for completeness you might add after "executive arm of government" the words "through the appropriate officers", and substitute the words "upon a virtually unlimited range of subjects", the words "in respect of the exercise of

for

its functions".

(d) para 7 (iii) we think that "reject" would be a more precise term than "oppose".

(e)

para 7 (iv) although bills

-

we think it

in

to

are mentioned paragraph 7(iii)

would be desirable stress supply and taxation in subparagraph (iv) and would suggest that this subparagraph starts "in addition to the necessity of obtaining the Legislature's approval to appropriation and taxation bills, all expenditure

para 7

(v)

"the Governor" should President of the Council".

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(g)

be "the

to

para 7 (vi) this subparagraph seems to us be more а matter of a useful and informal working arrangement than of accountability as such; but would defer to your considered views on this.

(h)

8 para

we

although the Governor does have certain powers to regulate matters of debate in the

this Legislative Council,

does not seem to us to "ultimate sanctions" rubric: of the same character as the Perhaps the reference should be

fall within the

is

certainly it

not

others quoted here.

deleted?

wonder

(i) para 10(a)

we and Legal Advisers whether this subparagraph, stressing as it does the "public relations" aspects, may do less than justice to the concept of accountability. We would prefer to

it

lines along the replaced by something

of

see

paragraph 9, which we think an excellent summary of the position.

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