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FM HONG KONG

TO DESKBY 22083OZ FCO

TELNO 2723

OF 22075OZ AUGUST 86

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FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR HUM HKD, FROM ACTING GOVERNOR.

PLEASE PASS TO THE GOVERNOR :

IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA ENQUIRIES, THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID HE SAW NO NEED FOR A SPECHAL MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCAL.

**THE COUNCIL HAD A FULL DEBATE ON 16 JULY ON THE DAYA BAY ISSUE AND THE VIEWS OF MOST MEMBERS ARE ALREADY ON THE PUBLIC RECORD''

SIR DAVID SAID.

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY VISITS TO EUROPE, AMERICA AND JAPAN BY FACT- FINDING DELEGATIONS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS. A GREAT DEAL OF USEFUL INFORMATION WAS GATHERED BY THESE DELEGATIONS WHO WERE NOW COMPILING THEIR REPORTS AS QUICKLY AS THEY COULD.

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*** UNDERSTAND THESE WILL BE VERY FULL AND DETAILED REPORTS. WE SHOULD WANT FOR THE REPORTS TO BECOME AVAILABLE, WHICH WILL BE

HN ABOUT 10 DAYS' TIME. WE SHOULD THEN GIVE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, TAME TO STUDY THESE REPORTS AND TO MAKE THEIR VIEWS KNOWN,' f SHER DAVAND ADDED.

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AKERS-JONES

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2 7 AUG 1986

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SIR. W. HARDING

MR WILSON

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