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THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP ON THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DISCUSS THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE/EXECUTIVE

AUTHORITY AND THE LEGISLATURE AT ITS MEETING ON 9-11 JUNE.

3. WE THINK WE TOO MUST NOW LOOK

MORE CLOSELY AT THE PROBLEMS OF STRUCTURAL CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE BOARD IF WE ARE TO INFLUENCE CHINESE THINKING. THIS MEANS

CONSIDERING IN TURN THE EXECUTIVE, THE LEGISLATURE AND THE JUDICIARY. IN EACH CASE THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY TWO ASPECTS OF CONVERGENCE TO CONSIDER, NAMELY THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF MAINTAINING STRUCTURAL CONVERGENCE AND THE SPECIFIC PROBLEM OF ACHIEVING CONTINUITY ACROSS THE CHANGE OF SOVEREIGNTY ON 1 APRIL 1997. IN THE CASE OF THE LEGISLATURE THE LATTER ASPECT INCLUDES SUCH FACTORS AS THE TIMING OF ELECTIONS AND THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE LAST LEGISLATURE GENERATED BEFORE 1997 IS CAPABLE OF SURVIVING AFTERWARDS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE BASIC LAW.

4. THE QUESTION OF PERSONNEL EFFECTIVELY BREAKS DOWN INTO FOUR ASPECTS:

I IDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF

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