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to be put in a situation of a vacuum for too long. the Administration to further study the possibility of further reducing the dissolution period to, say, three weeks before election day and, say, up to two weeks before commencement, as is. the case in the United Kingdom. In connection with the dissolution, I only wish to add that I welcome the tidying up of provision governing dissolution through amendments to Standing Orders Nos. 5(2) and the addition of Standing Order No. 7B which are proposed in clauses 2, 4 and 5.
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Sir, my second point relates to your presidency over this Council. Previously, I had said in this Council that you, Sir, with respect, need not be the President of this Council, and that before our constitutional arrangements evolve to that stage, you ought to consistently appoint a non-government Member of this Council to preside in your place, which is within your powers to do I was then referring to Standing Order No. 3 and Royal Instructions Clause XXI (2). Because of the wording of the said Standing Order and Royal Instruction, doubts could be cast as to whether or not you do have necessary
how powers. The said Royal Instruction was amended earlier this year to remove the doubts. Now, Clause 1 of the resolution prope proposes a similar redrafting by principally adding the words; from a sitting of the Council to qualify the absence of the Governor, thus removing the possibility that absence could be construed to mean absence from Hong Kong. I welcome this amendment and urge you, Sir, to exercise your unequivocal
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Sir, my third point is on auses 6 which proposes to replace marginal notes by section headings in our Laws. These le.
amendments also follow from a recent amendment to the Royal
Instructions. Here, I simply wish to seek the Administration's
open confirmation that section headings like marginal notes
of present
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have no legal effect.
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