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YOUR TELNO 1036 : ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLAMENT.
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THE FOLLOWING FURTHER AMENDMENTS ARE SUGGESTED:
1. PARA. 8 FIRST SENTENCE TO READ: "A SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON
GROUP HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE JOINT
DECLARATION WITH A VIEW TO THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
JOINT DECLAPATION AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSFER OF
GOVERNMENT IN 1997.''
2. PARA. 16 FIRST SENTENCE TO READ: ''WHILE A PEPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM
OF LOCALLY ELECTED ELDERS AND COUNCILS SERVING THE INDIGENOUS
POPULATION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, HAD EXISTED FOR MANY YEARS, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, IN THE LATE 1970S, SOUGHT TO INTRODUCE MORE BROADLY BASED POPULAR PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, PARTLY IN ORDER TO FILL THE GAP IN CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TOWNS.''
3. PARA. 52 PENULTIMATE SENTENCE TO READ: ''SUBSEQUENT ARRESTS OF
EVADERS IN THE URBAN AREAS HAVE RESULTED IN VIRTUALLY 100 PERCENT
CAPTURE RATES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.'
4. PARA. 54 FIRST SECTION OF THIRD SENTENCE TO READ: ''ON THE ECONOMIC FRONT, THE OUTLOOK IS SATISFACTORY, NOTWITHSTANDING THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE GROWTH RATE OF DEMAND FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN HONG KONG'S MAIN EXPORT MARKETS WILL BE LOW:'
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
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COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
MR WILSON
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