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DESKBY 280100Z TO HONG KONG AND PEKING
FM FC01654Z NOVEMBER 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2353 OF 27 NOVEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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RECEIVER. REGISTRY
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: WHITE PAPER CONTAINING REPORTS OF ASSESSMEN
OFFICE AND INDEPENDENT TEAM OF MONITORS
1.
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS DESKBY 280900Z ON THE FOLLOWING
SUMMARY OF THE WHITE PAPER:
BEGING
SUMMARY OF WHITE PAPER ON 'ARRANGEMENTS FOR TESTING THE
ACCEPTABILITY IN HONG KONG OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE
OF THE TERRITORY'
1.
THE WHITE PAPER COMPRISES:
(A) THE REPORT OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE ESTABLISHED ON 1
SEPTEMBER 1984 TO ASSESS THE ACCEPTABILITY IN HONG KONG OF THE
DRAFT SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG: AND
(B) THE REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT MONITORING TEAM APPOINTED TO
MONITOR THE WORK OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE.
ASSESSMENT OFFICE REPORT
2.
THE REPORT OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE WAS PRESENTED TO THE
GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG ON 23 NOVEMBER.
3. THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE WERE TO
PROVIDE THE GOVERNOR WITH AN ACCURATE ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF
OPINION IN HONG KONG ON THE DRAFT AGREEMENT AND ON THE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE TERRITORY AS SET OUT IN IT.
2.7 MILLION COPIES OF THE WHITE PAPER CONTAINING THE AGREEMENT
WERE CIRCULATED IN HONG KONG. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT INSERTED
ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE LOCAL PRESS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO EXPRESS
THEIR VIEWS ON THE AGREEMENT TO THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE. THE
ASSESSMENT OFFICE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THE
LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND URBAN COUNCILS, AND THE 18 DISTRICT
BOARDS CONSISTING OF ELECTED AND APPOINTED MEMBERS. IT RECEIVED
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