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PQ BY ROBERT PARRY MP:
1.
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG
MR PARRY HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING QUESTION FOR WRITTEN
ANSWER ON 10 FEBRUARY:
'TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND
COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, IF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HAVE MADE ANY OBJECTIONS CONCERNING FURTHER DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN HONG KONG:
AND IF HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT.'
2.
BEGINS.
WE PROPOSE TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING DRAFT REPLY:
THERE WILL BE A REVIEW OF THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM IN 1987. NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN ON THE OUTCOME OF THAT REVIEW. THE QUESTION OF DISCUSSIONS
WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT OF FURTER CHANGES IN THE REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM DOES NOT THEREFORE ARISE AT THIS STAGE. THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP DISCUSSED RECENT CHANGES IN HONG KONG'S POLITICAL SYSTEM AT THE GROUP'S SECOND MEETING BETWEEN 26 AND 29 NOVEMBER 1985. THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WAS FRIENDLY
AND COOPERATIVE.
ENDS.
3.
GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS DESKBY 061200Z.
HOWE
LIMITED
HKD
FED
PS
PS/MR RENTON
SIR
W HARDING
DR WILSON
HKK 011/1
RECE
06 FEB 1986
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