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that the Commissioner and his staff have not
been impartial
though a final judgment may
await the test of whether the text of the
Commissioner's report can be regarded as
What do you
impartial as well as accurate.
think?
(a) Can the report of the Assessment Office be
judged to be "accurate"?
It seems to me that the question of "accuracy"
must relate to the report, derived from accurate
analyses and assessments at an early stage.
The main focus of an accurate report must
presumably be the "overall assessment of the
extent of acceptance by the people of Hong Kong
of the draft Agreement"
though the accurate
summary reporting of the views expressed on
the different parts of the draft Agreement will
also be important. We shall see drafts of
the report at the stage when they reach the
Commissioner and, as we have agreed, it will
be sensible to offer general comments (if we
have them), while avoiding any drafting
suggestions. Our problem here may be to
express our own judgment, with independence
and integrity, in a way that does not strain
/credibility