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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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LU PING'S REMARKS ON THE SEPARATION OF EXCO AND LEGCO: PRESS
REPORTS
1 A NUMBER OF NEWSPAPERS INCLUDING THE PRO-PEKING WEN WEI PO AND TA KUNG PAO TODAY (26 AUGUST) REPORTED LU PING'S REMARKS ON THE SEPARATION OF EXCO AND LEGCO. LU'S REMARKS WERE MADE DURING HIS VISIT TO XINJING WITH SOME HONG KONG AFFAIRS ADVISERS.
2. ACCORDING TO WEN WEI PO, LU SAID THAT THE SEPARATION OF EXCO AND LEGCO BEFORE 1997 WOULD NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY QUESTION OF CONTRAVENTION WITH THE BL BECAUSE THE THROUGH TRAIN CONCEPT DID NOT APPLY TO EXCO. WHETHER EXCO OR LEGCO SHOULD BE SEPARATED WAS A MATTER FOR HK GOVERNMENT. HE NEVERTHELESS SUGGESTED THAT THE QUESTION OF CONVERGENCE WITH THE BL SHOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED FOR
THE SAKE OF SMOOTH TRANSITION.
3. LU SAID THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES AND THE LEGISLATURE AFTER 1997 HAD BEEN SPELT OUT CLEARLY IN THE BL. THERE WOULD BE CHECKS AND BALANCES AND CO- OPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO. HE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT THE QUESTION OF ENSURING THE PASSAGE OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES BY LEGCO AND THE ABOVEMENTIONED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXCO AND LEGCO MUST BE RESOLVED FIRST BEFORE DELINKING EXCO AND LEGCO MUST BE RESOLVED FIRST BEFORE DELINKING EXCO AND LEGCO.
4. LU INDICATED THAT HKG COULD DECIDE ON THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXCO BEFORE 1997 AND THERE WAS NO NEED FOR CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND CHINESE SIDES. NEVERTHELESS, THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD CLOSELY MONITOR CHANGES IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXCO AND LEGCO. HE EMPHASISED THAT NO MATTER WHAT CHANGES WOULD BE INTRODUCED, AN EXECUTIVE-LED SYSTEM MUST BE MAINTAINED.
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