TERMS
OF
REFERENCE
FOR ASSESSMENT OFFICE
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TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE
1
Governor
1. The Assessment Office has been set up under the authority of the
of Hong Kong. It is separate from the ordinary machinery
of the Government, and is under the charge of a senior official, to be known as the Commissioner, Assessment Office, who will report directly to the Governor.
2.
The objective of the office is to provide Her Majesty's Government and Parliament, through the Governor of Hong Kong, with
an accurate analysis and
assessment of opinion in Hong Kong on the draft agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and Her Majesty's Government, and on the arrangements, for the future of Hong Kong which it will set out.
3.
To this end the functions of the Assessment Office shall be as
follows : after publication and distribution in Hong Kong by the
Hong Kong Government
between the Government of the People's Republic of China and Her
Majesty's Government, and of an invitation to comment on its
contents, the Assessment Office will :
of a White Paper containing the draft Agreement
(a) receive all views expressed on the draft Agreement in writing
directly to the office, or indirectly through well established and
familiar consultative channels in Hong Kong and the media;
(b) collate, summarise, analyse and asses S all such views expressed
on the draft Agreement;
(c) submit to the Governor a report which will include factual
summaries of all views expressed and an overall assessment of the
extent of acceptance by the people of Hong Kong of the draft
agreement;
(d) carry out such directions as the Governor may from time to time
give to effect these purposes.
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