CHAPTER 3.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE
EXTENT OF ACCEPTABILITY
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CHAPTER 4.
COMMENTS ON SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THE WHITE PAPER
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CHAPTER 5.
SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS
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VII
APPENDICES
ORGANIZATION CHART
ADVERTISEMENT
FOLLOW UP ADVERTISEMENT
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN
REPRESENTATIVE BODIES
A SUMMARY OF THE DEBATE IN THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
A LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS
EXPLANATORY NOTE ON TRADE UNIONS,
TRADITIONAL BODIES AND THE
RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY
VII
SUMMARY INFORMATION ON OPINION SURVEYS
CHAPTER 1 THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE
INTRODUCTION
1.1
ON 18 JULY 1984, THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN
AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, DESCRIBED TO THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS IN OUTLINE THE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WOULD BE
MADE TO TEST THE ACCEPTABILITY IN HONG KONG OF ANY AGREEMENT
REACHED WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG
KONG AND ANNOUNCED THE SETTING UP OF AN OFFICE IN HONG KONG
UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR TO COLLATE AND ASSESS
PUBLIC VIEWS.
THE TERMS OF REFERENCE
1.2
ON 20 JULY, THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF THE THEN ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS,
MR. 1.F.C. MACPHERSON, TO HEAD THE OFFICE TO BE SET UP TO
ASSESS AND COLLATE PUBLIC VIEWS ON A DRAFT SINO-BRITISH
AGREEMENT. THIS APPOINTMENT BECAME EFFECTIVE ON 1 SEPTEMBER
1984.
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