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adopted, then it is necessary to consider where in the legislature the Chief Executive could look for support for his policies. The benefit of cross-membership between the

executive and the legislature in this connection is

discussed in a separate paper. But it could be argued that

such support could not be guaranteed unless at least а

the proportion of

legislature was selected by the

electorate as would choose the Chief Executive himself.

9.

same

A possible solution would be to validate the membership of the present appointed and official members by

of election in order to comply with the

provisions of the Joint Declaration (see paragraph 1

above).

some

form

as regards official

10. One possible way of doing this

members, would be to validate their choice through an

electoral college, if such a body were to be used as the means of choosing the Chief Executive. The Chief Executive

could present a list of his senior officials to the electoral college for election as full voting members of

the legislature.

to

11. If it appeared desirable that a

a component similar the appointed members now in the council should continue to exist in the Special Administrative Region legislature, the

Chief Executive could present them in a list to the

electoral college either separately or in a list together

with the officials. The electoral college would through an electoral process choose the required number of people from the list to fill the designated seats in the legislature.

12. Great care would need to be taken to strike the right

balance between the numbers chosen by the different methods

to avoid allegations that the Chief Executive had in

practice а majority of his Own appointees in the

legislature. To avoid this accusation, the total of

official and other members elected by the electoral college

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