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22 MAR 89

CHAIRMAN.

And of course of his removal as well.

One of the thingʊ

that I think strikes the Committee is the issue of his removal

from office.

in

our constitutional practice, once the Executive

loses the confidence of the Legislature, then by practise the Executive resigns and my submit itself to an election or alternatively the legislature elects a different Executive.

Now that does not seer to be reflected in the future that is

being designed in Hong Kong?

FORMIGE SECRETARY:

I think you will find that the method for selection of the

first Chief Executive is different and less sophisticated than the

method for the emergence, if that is the right word, of the Chief

Executive on the second or third occasion, and certainly opinion is being expressed in Hong Kong to the effect that there is a for making even the first Executive selectable along the rather

more open lines of the second and third.

On the method for the second and third itself, agulu there

are different opinions in Hong Kong. Some people appear to be satisfied with what is there and others are anxious to bring forward the operation of universal suffrage in relation to the

And this is clearly seen as one secund and third Chief Executive.

of the areas which will need further revision in the context of

the current consultationS.