TNAG-1596-FCO40-2181-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 187

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(C)

BY THE LEGISLATURE.

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IN YOUR PARA 13 WE THINK QUOTE THEORETICALLY UNQUOTE IS

OUT OF PLACE (SINCE THE POWERS ARE NOT THEORETICAL). WE

SUGGEST ADDITION OF QUOTE UNILATERALLY UNQUOTE OR

QUOTE AT HIS OWN DISCRETION UNQUOTE BEFORE QUOTE

EXERCISED UNQUOTE WOULD BETTER MEET YOUR POINT.

ON YOUR PARA 16. WE STILL FEEL (PARA (I) OF OUR TELNO 1789) THAT A REFERENCE SHOULD BE INCLUDED TO A POWER OF

PARDON

(D)

4.

AS A FURTHER MOVE TO AVOID THE CONDITIONS OUTLINED IN

YOUR PARA 21 BECOMING JUSTICIABLE. WE SUGGEST ADDITION

AFTER QUOTE PRACTICE UNQUOTE OF QUOTE THOUGH NOT AS A RULE OF LAW. UNQUOTE.

ON YOUR PAPER ON THE EXECUTIVE (YOUR TELNO 2731) OUR ONLY COMMENT IS TO SUGGEST INCLUSION IN PARA 12 OF A REFERENCE IN A

NEW ITEM (F) TO THE POWER OF REMOVAL. SINCE THIS IS THE ULTIMATE

FORM OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE LEGISLATURE.

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ON YOUR PAPER ON THE LEGISLATURE (YOUR TELNO 2732):

(A)

IN PARA 2. QUOTE ADMINISTRATION UNQUOTE SHOULD OF COURSE

BE QUOTE ADMINISTRATIVE UNQUOTE-

(B)

(a)

WE FEEL THAT YOUR PARA 5 GOES FURTHER THAN WE NEED AT

THIS STAGE AND COULD INADVERTENTLY BE SEEN AS PREJUDGING THE 1987 REVIEW. WE THINK THE SECOND. THIRD AND FOURTH SENTENCES COULD BE OMITTED AND THE FIFTH AMENDED BY ADDING AFTER QUOTE SYSTEM UNQUOTE QUOTE BASED ON GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES UNQUOTE.

REGARDING YOUR PARAS 6 AND 9(A). WE ASSUME THAT YOU WOULD

NOT ENVISAGE THAT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WOULD NOMINATE A

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