and the
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address address to which they should be sent. Sir Patrick
Nairne and Mr Justice Simon LI, have already begun their work of monitoring the assessment process. Let me urge again that everyone in Hong Kong should come forward with their views so that the British Parliament will, when the time comes, have
the fullest possible picture of the acceptability of the
of
agreement in Hong Kong. These views should be submitted by November 15 so that the report on them can be sent to London
before the end of that month.
4.
In presenting the agreement to this Council I said that one of its essential provisions was that the United Kingdom would continue to be responsible for the administration of Hong Kong until 1 July 1997. I also said that your government would continue to discharge its duty of governing Hong Kong in the interests of the community, and meet the community's essential needs so that everyone in Hong Kong will be encouraged to have faith in the future, because they can see that the government itself has that faith. It will be my purpose today to review in the light of that undertaking the government's plans for the coming year.
(3)
5.
CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(a) Green Paper on the Further Development of
Representative Government
(i) General
An important task during the year will be to take decisions on the proposals, and in particular those concerning the 1985 elections,
in the Green Paper on the
Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong.
16. The
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