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evolved considerably.
It is now widely accepted that a forum for consultation over the implementation of the agreement will indeed be
necessary.
4.
We shall certainly need to ensure that the Group's activities
remain within the bounds set for it and that it is not allowed to
interfere in the administration of Hong Kong. It is however
self-evident that we are going to need close co-operation and
harmony with the Chinese Government in the years ahead, both because
it is only with increased trust and confidence between the two sides
that we can hope to play an informal role in the most sensitive areas of activity of the Chinese, such as the drafting of the Basic
Law, and because a public image of harmony and co-operation is
essential if confidence is to be maintained.
5.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Our aims for the Group might therefore be:
to cooperate fully in the practical areas of work
agreed upon in Annex II;
to continue educating Chinese Leaders and officials
on the way Hong Kong works;
to seek to influence the drafting of the Basic Law,
and in particular the evolution of Chinese thinking
on its provisions for the constitution and
government structure of the Hong Kong SAR;
to use the Group to create conditions for a smooth
transition up to 1997, with Hong Kong enjoying the
full degree of internal and external autonomy
provided by the terms of the agreement;
(e) to prevent the Group being used by the Chinese to
interfere in the administration of Hong Kong in the
period up to 1997.
CHINESE AIMS
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