EXECUTIVE Councillors are willing to observe rules, soon to be released, requiring the declaration of dealings in the stock market, Senior Executive Councillor Lady Dunn said yesterday.
''All of us recognise, accept, and in fact, we urge that there should be a clear set of rules on how Executive Councillors' interests should be declared and that those rules should be known to the public,'' she said after attending the first council meeting of the new session.
She said she observed ''no unwillingness'' among the council's members to follow ''normally practised conventions''.
The Government was working on the details of the rules, but they were expected to be available soon.
''We hope to be able to tell you what these rules are very soon.'' Pressure has been mounting for the Government to impose disclosure rules on Executive Councillors' dealings in the stock market.
Legislators believe that, in view of the privileged information to which Exco members have access, they should at least disclose their activities in the territory's bourse.