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7.

The

issues

Green Paper discussed a number of

affecting the three tiers of the present system of

government. It put forward a range of options, and set

It did

out the arguments for and against each of them.

not make recommendations. The object was to encourage

the widest possible public response.

The Survey Office

8.

A Survey Office was set up to collect public

opinion on the Green Paper. It operated outside the

ordinary machinery

of

government and without

interference from the Administration. Two independent

monitors were appointed to oversee its work.

was to

collect and collate, but not to assess,

views expressed by the public.

Its task

the

Its terms of reference

and

27 May to 30 September 1987.

those of the monitors are at Appendix A.

Survey Office received submissions from the public from

It submitted its report

The

on

the public response

monitors submitted

on

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their separate

following day.

Both

reports

were

October 1987,

report on the

tabled

and

the

in

the

Legislative Council

Council and published

on

4 November.

The

monitors concluded in their report that the Survey

Office had carried out its duties properly, accurately

and

impartially,

reference.

and in

its in line with

terms of

G.F. 316

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