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5.

to the

In the years ahead, there will be further changes

composition of this Council which will become fully

elected in 1995.

AS a result, the relationship between

this Council and the

Executive Council will continue to

evolve and one cannot over-emphasize the importance for us

all

to

learn

from

conclusion as to how

developed in the future.

experience before coming to any

that relationship should be further

It is all part of an evolutionary

process and is definitely not a matter of conducting a

review within a certain limit of time.

6.

For the part of the

self-evident

Legislature.

that

Administration, it is only

we need to work closely with the

In this connection, policy secretaries are

spending even more time than before to explain to and brief

Members of this Council on what their policies are, why

those policies are needed, how feasible those policies are,

those policies will cost to taxpayers. This

and how much

is

particularly

important given the development of

representative government and the increasing complexity of

the many issues which face us today.

7.

Mr. Deputy President, the Administration fully

accepts the

to further

responsibility of constantly looking for means

strengthen the relationship between the

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