Terms of Reference for the Monitoring Team
The independent Monitoring Team has been
appointed by the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs. Its role is to monitor the work of
the Assessment Office appointed by the Governor of Hong Kong
to assess and report on the views expressed by the people
of Hong Kong on the draft Agreement between the Government
of the People's Republic of China and Her Majesty's
Government on the arrangements for the future of Hong Kong.
2.
(a)
(b)
The tasks of the Monitoring Team are
to observe the work of the Assessment Office in
all its aspects;
to submit to the Secretary of State a report
independently of the report of the Assessment
Office, stating whether it is satisfied that the
Assessment Office has properly, accurately and
impartially discharged its duties and faithfully
followed the procedures presented in its terms of
reference.
The Monitoring Team will not itself receive expressions of
public views or seek in its report to assess public opinion.
13.