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(b) Paragraph 4 of the Joint Declaration, which
states that, during the transitional period, the Government of the United Kingdom will be responsible for the administration of Hong
Kong with the object of maintaining and
preserving its economic prosperity and
social stability; and that the Government of
the PRC will give its cooperation in this
connection.
6.
Taking each element of government in turn (the Chief
Executive/the Executive/the Legislature) issues will arise in achieving convergence.
the following
The Chief Executive
7.
The Governor and senior officials
are at present
appointed by HMG. According to Annex I to the Joint
Declaration the Chief Executive must be selected by
"elections or consultations held locally", and be appointed "by the Central People's Government". In public discussion in Hong Kong a number of possible methods of achieving this have been suggested, including:
(a) By contested direct
qualified candidates
universal suffrage.
election
on
the
a mong all
basis of
(b) By election
among
members
of
the
eligible
Legislature, if necessary after consultation
among them, on a short list of
candidates from within or outside the
Legislature.
(c) By
LA
wider
consultation, followed if necessary by
election, by some other electoral college to
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provide a wirker basis for the election (referred to
below as the consultative
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