TNAG-1596-FCO40-2181-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 230

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TELNO 1791

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MY FOURTH IPT: STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT: LONGER TERM ISSUES THE

LEGISLATURE

1.

FOLLOWS:

(A)

(B)

OUR COMMENTS ON YOUR TELNO 2490 (LEGISLATURE) ARE AS

WE SUGGEST IN VIEW OF THE OVERLAP BETWEEN THIS NOTE AND

NOTE 2 THAT YOU PREFACE THIS NOTE WITH A FORMULA ON THE

LINES THAT QUOTE A NUMBER OF ISSUES REGARDING THE

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LEGISLATURE AND THE EXECUTIVE

HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN NOTE II. UNQUOTE.

WE THINK PARA 3 IS A LITTLE STARK, GIVEN OUR LINE ON THE

1987 REVIEW, IN ASSUMING THE SAR LEGISLATURE WILL

NECESSARILY INCLUDE MEMBERS ELECTED BY DIRECT ELECTIONS

AND THE GEC. WE NOTE THAT EXCO HAD A SIMILAR THOUGHT

(POINT (J)). WE THEREFORE SUGGEST THE FIRST SENTENCE

SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH TWO SENTENCES ON THE FOLLOWING

LINES QUOTE. THE EXISTING LEGISLATURE COMPRISES MEMBERS

ELECTED OR APPOINTED BY A VARIETY OF MEANS. DEPENDING ON

THE OUTCOME OF THE 1987 REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, AND HAVING REGARD TO THE

IDEAS WHICH ARE EMERGING IN THE PROCESS OF CONSULTATION

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