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CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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157.

One year

of proposals for

ago, I announced in this Council a number

constitutional

development. These fell

into two groups. The first group of proposals was designed

to strengthen the effectiveness of our executive-led

to this Legislative

Government

Council.

and

its

accountability

I proposed that to enable the Executive and

Council each to play their proper roles, the

Legislative

non-official membership of the two bodies should, for the

This has now been achieved.

I

time being, be separate.

proposed a new non-party political EXCO, and we now have

that too. I proposed last year that the Governor should be

replaced as president of Legco by an elected President.

You, Mr President, then took office and I am now answerable

to this Council as head of the Executive.

158.

I also proposed that the Government should work

with Members of this Council to develop new arrangements for

your own administration and support facilities.

Much work

has been done on that, and I am glad that a new Legco office

will soon be established.

proposals, I proposed a

the Administration could

Finally, in this first set of

Government-LegCo Committee, where

discuss with Members of this

Council the handling of the Administration's legislative and

financial programmes.

It

is a pity that Members have not

yet been able to decide how to take this idea forward. Ι

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