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Kong providing a consensus could be achieved on how it should be composed and how it should operate, eg whether it would meet in public or private; whether candidates could be presented only with the support of members of the

college, and if so how many;

there would

would be an

electoral process to decide between candidates if no

consensus could be reached on a single candidate, etc. It

would provide a wider basis of support for the Chief

Executive.

whether

11. Having been selected by one of the processes above the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR would, in accordance with the Joint Declaration,

appointed by the Central

People's Government.

The Executive

be

12.

The Joint Declaration

does not provide for any specific means of choosing the members of the executive or

for its composition. It refers broadly to "executive authorities". The principal executive body in Hong Kong is the Executive Council the members of which are selected by the Governor and appointed by HMG. (See Paper I)

13.

An SAR Executive could be formed in one of two ways:

(a) by selection by the Chief Executive himself

from

among,

or

outside,

officials and the membership

principal

of the

Legislature;

(b) in part at least by election from among the

members of the Legislature themselves.