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FOR DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY FROM PS/GOVERNOR

PRESIDENCY OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

1.

THE GOVERNOR HAS READ THE DRAFT PAPER YOU SENT TO

GOVERNMENT HOUSE ON 24 NOVEMBER. HE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU

WOULD INCLUDE IN THE MAIN TEXT REFERENCES TO THE CATEGORIES OF

POWERS SET OUT IN ANNEX A.

THIS MIGHT BE DONE BY GIVING EXAMPLES IN PARA 6(A),

(B) AND (C) OF THE TYPE OF POWERS THAT WOULD BE RETAINED BY THE GOVERNOR AND AS SIGNED RESPECTIVELY TO AN APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN LEGCO AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL, AND BY INSERTING TWO OR THREE PARAGRAPHS OUTLINING THE KEY POLITICAL

POWERS (EG POWER TO DISSOLVE, POWER TO CALL SPECIAL SESSIONS, POWER TO CONTROL AGENDA, POWER TO NOMINATE MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES, POWERS UNDER POWERS AND PRIVILEGES ORDINANCE), AND STATING HOW WE PROPOSE TO DEAL WITH THEM.

2.

(A)

THE GOVERNOR ALSO HAS THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON THE TEXT:

PARA 6(B). TO READ QUOTE POWERS TO BE ASSIGNED TO AN

APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE

COUNCIL. UNQUOTE. IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT SOMEONE OTHER

THAN THE CS MIGHT ACT AS QUOTE LEADER OF THE HOUSE

UNQUOTE, OR THAT THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE

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