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1.
Mr Westmacott spoke to me about my submission of 12 September. He raised two points: Mr Culshaw's minute of 16
September recorded a further comment by Mr Renton.
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Friday
that I had no
2. First, the timing of
the timing of the submission. I was asked to
prepare a submission for the Secretary of State's weekend
box, reflecting our discussions with the Governor.
discussions were not completed until the end of
morning. In the circumstances I am afraid
alternative to submitting through Dr Wilson directly to the
Private Secretary, with a copy to PS/Mr Renton. I tried to
contact Mr Westmacott on the Friday
Friday afternoon to give
warning of this, but failed to pin him down.
3. Second, Mr Renton asked for an explanation of proposed
arrangements for the election to the legislature after 1997
of members nominated by the Chief Executive. At present,
as you know, LegCo contains a number of officials (ex
officio and appointed by the Governor) as well as a number
of Unofficials appointed by the Governor. After 1997,
however, the legislature of the Hong Kong SAR
SAR will
will be
"constituted by elections". We think it would be helpful
to retain a mechanism whereby officials could sit on the
legislature, to assist the conduct of business, and the
Chief Executive could also nominate certain unofficial
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