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THE STRUCTURE AND MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT 7

best interests

of

It goes without saying that, in pursuing its many and varied tasks, the Government's constant concern

is to act in the overall

Hong

Kong. This means, amongst other things, maintaining a framework of sound administration which is stable and reliable and yet remains responsive to the changing needs of society. Only in this way can we hope to ensure our policies and actions continue to receive the approval and support of the community as a whole.

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the

that

(a) Review of Developments in Representative

Government

not

the is in line with this philosophy that structure of Government, and the roles and composition of its various components, have changed and developed over

This

has years.

process

been evolutionary,

revolutionary. We have taken care at each

to step

reflect and consult before deciding on the next one. As

part of this process, we

have just completed

round of public consultation on developing various elements of our system of representative government.

The Green Paper on the Review of Developments

another

Representative Government has produced a great deal

discussion within

community. Our

in

of

held This Council

a

/debate