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7.

affecting

The Green Paper discussed a number of issues

the

three tiers of the present system of

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

but it

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. Its task

was

to collect and

but collate,

views expressed by the public.

not

to

assess,

the

Its terms of reference

and those of

the monitors are at Appendix A.

The

Survey Office received submissions from the public from

27 May to 30 September 1987. It submitted its report

and the

on

monitors

Both reports

on the public response

submitted their separate report on the

following day.

were tabled in the

29 October 1987,

Legislative Council and published on 4 November.

monitors concluded in their

office had carried out its duties properly, accurately

The

report that the Survey

and

impartially,

reference.

and

in line

its with

terms of

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