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HONG KONG: ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMEN T
PROBLEM
1.
прати
Mr Fifoot, Legal Advisers
Mr Wood, Legal Advisers
Mr Houston, Parliamentary
Relations Unit
N TD
To seek Ministers' approval of the attached draft annual report
to Parliament on Hong Kong.
2.
RECOMMENDATION
I recommend
report
a as
that Ministers agree to
White Paper
Wednesday on
18
the publication of
It has December.
the
been
agreed by EXCO.
BACKGROUND AND ARGUMENT
3.
In the face of Parliamentary pressure, Ministers announced on
6 February
that
on
the Government would produce an annual report
A Hong Kong and lay it before Parliament. On 4 September I submitted.
proposing a form for the report which Ministers agreed.
B
4.
report
In
inspired PQ an
29 on
would be published as
October it
was
announced
White Paper and
that
the
laid
before
Parliament, hopefully, in December.
/ 5.
The
Government
the..
attached draft report is agreed with the Hong Kong
and EXCO, with the Embassy in Peking and with Department's Legal Adviser. Parliamentary Relations Unit has sought and received the necessary permission for publication of the report.
CONFIDEN TIAL