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6. THE ATTACHED NOTES CONSIDER THE ROLE TO BE PLAYED HIN THE GOVERN-

MENT OF THE FUTURE HONG KONG SAR BY THE THREE MAKIN HINSTITUTIONS

OF GOVERNMENT), NAMELY: ̧.

THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(NOTE 1)

THE EXECUTIVE

(NOTE 2)

(NOTE 3)

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THE LEGISLATURE

A SEPARATE NOTE ON THE JUDICIARY HAS BEEN PASSED TO THE CHINESE

SMIDE ON 29 MAY 1987.

7. NOTE 1 FOLLOWS ON FROM EARLIER CONSIDERATION (IN PAPER No OF

MAY 1987) OF THE METHOD OF SELECTION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND

IPMS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS.

8. NOTE 2 EXAMINES, IN GREATER DETAL THAN HITHERTO THE ROLE AND COMPOSITION OF A FUTURE EQUIVALENT OF THE PRESENT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

AND THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE.

9.

NOTE 3 FOLLOWS ON FROM EARLIER CONSIDERATION (RM PAPER WO OF

MAY 1986 AND NOTE 2 OF OCTOBER 1986) OF THE COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

10. NOTES 2 AND 3 BOTH TOUCH ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MANTARIING A

CLOSE AND CO-OPERATHWE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE

LEGISLATURE HIN THE WINTERESTS OF ENSURING THAT GOVERNMENT BUSHNESS

CONTINUES TO BE CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY.

11. INM ALL THREE NOTES REFERENCE HAS MADE TO THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF

A BROADLY-BASED ''GRAND ELECTORAL COLLEGE'' (GEC). SUGGESTIONS FOR

SUCH A BODY HAVE EMERGED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DRAFTUNG OF THE

BASIC LAW AND WERE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PAPERS OF MAY AND OCTOBER

1986. FURTHERMORE, THE IDEA THAT A PROPORTION OF THE LEGISLATURE

MIGHT BE ELECTED BY A GEC HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD AS A MATTER FOR

DISCUSSION FOR THE LONGER TERM IN THE GREEN PAPER: ''THE 1987 REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT''. THERE IS, OF COURSE, NO EQUIVALENT BODY HN HONG KONG'S PRESENT SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT NOR

ANY SPECIFIC PROVISION FOR SUCH A BODY HN THE JOINT DECLARATHON,

*HT AS STILL NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS STAGE TO PREDACT WITH CERTAINTY HOW

THE CONCEPT MIGHT BE RECEIVED IN HONG KONG AND WHETHER THERE WOULD

BE GENERAL SUPPORT FOR CREATING A NEW BODY OF THUS KÁND TO UNDERTAKE

SUCH AN IMPORTANT CONST:NTUT HOMAL ROLE. AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN

ENCOURAGING KTS ACCEPTANCE MIGHT BE TO MAKE CLEAR THAT SUCH A BODY

WOULD NOT BE AN INSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT AS SUCH, BUT WOULD BE CONVENED ONLY AS REQUIRED TO CARRY OUT #TS SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS.

12. IN PREPARING THE ATTACHED NOTES, THE BRINTINSH SINDE HAS TAKEN

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