CONFIDENTIAL
DRAF T
Imil Draft
REPORT
on the Work of the
Hong Kong Government Assessment Office
by
the Rt. Hon. Sir Patrick Nairne, GCB, MC, MA,
and
the Hon. Mr. Justice Simon LI Fook-sean
INTRODUCTION
1.
On 18 July 1984, in a Written Parliamentary
Answer, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs announced the proposal to appoint a small independent
team (the Monitoring Team) to monitor the work of the
Assessment Office. The Answer explained that it was planned
to set up the Office, under the authority of the Governor
of Hong Kong, to collate and assess the views of the people
of Hong Kong on whatever agreement was reached with the
Chinese Government on the future of the territory, The
terms of reference of the Monitoring Team are set out
in Annex I.
2.
Team.
We were appointed as the members of the Monitoring
We were accommodated in offices in the Supreme
Court Building in Hong Kong at a convenient distance from
the offices of the Assessment Office under the Commissioner,