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RUSSELL JOHNSTON
(a) Government should commit themselves to annual report and
Parliamentary debate on it.
(b) Hong Kong should be represented on JLG and in drafting Basic
Law not just by Hong Kon~ Government officials, Hong Kong people
must be represented, not just consulted.
(c) Need for progress towards greater democracy.
(d) Need for assurance that minority groups will not become
stateless.
(e) Vietnamese refugees.
(f) Danger of old grudges being settled against people involved in
security matters etc: undertakings must be given.
RON LEWIS
(a) Assurance of religious freedom after 1997 should be one of
JLG's main objectives.
DR JOHN MAREK
(a)
Judging of the issues in claim that ceded part of Hong Kong is
not viable on its own. Falklands not viable.
(b) Not completely satisified with Assessment Office: Hong Kong
people should have been allowed to vote on agreement in referendum. (c) Directly elected democracy vital.
MICHAEL MARSHALL
(a) Urge UK and Hong Kong companies to strengthen investment links
with China.
(b)
Difficulties of Hong Kong BDTCs entering UK: visa stamp system
should be introduced to facilitate movement of regular travellers
and alleviate difficulties of change of passports in 1997.
(c) Parliament should debate an annual written report on the work
of the JLG.
(d)
Progress on representative government should be left in hands of
Hong Kong people.
HAL MILLER
(a) UK must protect Hong Kong from the swelling tide of protectionism and negotiate for Hong Kong on traffic rights for