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Powers of the Governor/Chief Executive

18.

Paper

The powers exercised by the Governor are set out in

Certain powers are ascribed to the Chief

I.

Executive in the Joint Declaration.

the two would need to provide for

following powers:

A convergence between

the exercise of the

(a) to nominate members of the Executive;

(b) to preside over

Executive;

the meetings of the

(c) to nominate the principal officials (Joint

Declaration Annex 1, Section I);

(d) to appoint and remove Judges subject to the

procedures in the Joint Declaration, Annex

I, Section III;

(e) to execute, through the public service and otherwise, the decisions of the executive

and the laws passed by the Legislature;

(f) to

consider statutory and administrative

and

such

appeals,

sentences;

pardons grant

and

perform

remissions

functions

of

in

the

relation to external legal matters as

law provides (eg in matters of extradition,

and deportations, etc);

(g) to make appointments

to boards,

committees

and groups performing statutory and advisory functions, as provided for in Hong Kong law;

(h) to

exercise powers designated under Hong

Kong law on administrative matters, eg

eg the disposition of land, closing of roads, etc;