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ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT ON HONG KONG
Problem
1.
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Ministers have undertak en to produce an annual
on Hong Kong and lay it
decide
what
form
before
Parliament. We
the
report
should
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need to
take.
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Background
2.
In the light of Parliamentary
pressure Mr Luce
He said that the
in
announced during the Committee stage of the Hong Kong Bill
on 6 February that the Government would produce an Annual
Report and lay it before the House.
exact form had not yet been decided but that it was
expected to include a general account of developments Hong Kong in the past year. He went оп to say that
House might wish to judge whether a
debate was use ful
desirable in light of the report. Lady Young made a
similar commitment in the House of Lords.
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In my submission of 1 February I recorded the
Governor's view that the report should be based on his
annual address to LEGCO, to which would be added the
Financial Secretary's budget speeches and a detailed annex. Hong Kong has now accordingly recommended that the Annual Report should include the following elements:
(i)
Introduction;
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