FINAL PART OF TWO
5.
THE EXECUTIVE (REFERENCES ARE TO 4TH TUR)
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AS A GENERAL POINT EXCO ADVISED AGAINST ADOPTING THE TERM **CHIEF EXECUT WE'S COUNCIL' TO DESCRIBE THE FUTURE EQUIVALENT OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SINCE THIS WOULD BE HAN CONTRAST TO THE NAMES CURRENTLY BEING CANVASSED ON THE BLDC. WE HAVE THEREFORE REVERTED TO THE TERM EXECUTHWE COUNGH. AS A DESCRIPTINE TERM.
F) *AN RELATION TO THE FINAL SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 8 EXCO ACCEPTED THE NEED FOR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO RETAIN THE POWER TO RECOMMEND THAT AN APPOINTMENT TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BE REVOKED, BUT CONSIDERED THAT THIS POWER SHOULD NOT BE UNFETTERED.
$) THE OPRTHON IN PARAGRAPH 11(B) OF OUR PREVIOUS DRAFT HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED. ALTHOUGH WE INTRODUCED THE CONCEPT OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE PRESENTING A LIST OF HIS NOMINEES FOR VALIDATION BY THE GEC IN NOTE 2 OF TRILOGY ON; WE HAVE NOW CONCLUDED THAT SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE ACCEPTED IN HONG KONG, AS IT WOULD SMACK TOO MUCH OF A ''RUBBER STAMP''.
WE AGREE GENERALLY WITH YOUR OTHER COMMENTS.
6.
THE LEGISLATURE (REFERENCES ARE TO 5TH TUR)
WE ARE MN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
SPECIFICALLY:
B)
(NEW) PARAGRAPHS 4-8 DEAL MORE COMPREHENSIVELY WITH THE POSSIBLE COMPOSITHON OF THE SAR LEGISLATURE AND THE FORMS OF ELECTION WHICH MIGHT BE SELECTED. PARAGRAPHS 9-12 ALSO DEAL IN GREATER DEPTH WITH THE QUESTION OF WHETHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
SHOULD REMAIN MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. THE VIEWS OF EXCO MEMBERS WERE DIVIDED ON THIS POINT, BUT MOST MEMBERS TOOK THE VIEW THAT T
WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO RECONCILE A SYSTEM OF ''ELECT HON'' OF
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO THE LEGISLATURE WITH THE TERMS OF JD 49. THEY ALSO FELT THERE WAS A DANGER THAT CIVIL SERVANTS WOULD BECOME
DRAWN INTO POLITICS IF THEY REMAINED ON THE LEGISLATURE AND HAD
TO STAND FOR ELECTION.
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