TNAG-1599-FCO40-2192-Hong-Kong-1987-Review-of-Representative-Government-1987 — Page 97

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEGISLATURE AND EXECUTIVE, COMPOSITION OF LEGISLATURE, TERM OF OFFICE OF LEGISLATURE, POSITION OF GOVERNOR/ FUTURE CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN RELATION TO LEGISLATURE ETC. TO ENSURE SMOOTH TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT, FURTHER DEVELOPMENT BEYOND 1991 WILL NEED TO BE CONSIDERED IN LIGHT OF BASIC LAW PROVISIONS.

(B) STATE THAT THERE WILL BE CONTINUING PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF WHITE PAPER AND, IN LONGER TERM, ON PACE AND NATURE OF CHANGE REQUIRED BEFORE 1997 TO BRING SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN LINE WITH PROVISIONS OF BASIC LAW. BUT NOT ENVISAGED THAT THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR FURTHER MAJOR REVIEW OF SAME NATURE OR SCALE AS 1987 REVIEW.

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