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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 4195
OF 19043OZ DECEMBER 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING,
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DONREGISTRY 1 8 DEC 1986
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OUR TELNO 4120 AND 4132 : ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT
1.
FOLLOWING CONSIDERATION. BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR WE WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING SLIGHT CHANGES TO THE TEXTS ALREADY SENT TO
YOU.
A)
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT (FIRST TUR)
PARAGRAPH 5, SECOND SENTENCE. THE FIGURE 46** SHOULD BE
**45'' BEING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS EXCLUDING THE GOVERNOR AS
PRESIDENT. THE ERROR IN LAST YEAR'S REPORT IS REGRETTED.
PARAGRAPH 5, THIRD SENTENCE. PLEASE AMEND TO READ THE COUNCIL ALSO MOVED TO A NEW CHAMBER, PHYSICALLY SEPARATE FROM THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, AND MET WEEKLY INSTEAD OF EVERY
TWO WEEKS''.
B)
PERFORMANCE OF THE ECONOMY (SENT BY BAG)
THE PUBLIC FINANCES
THE MISSING FIGURE IN THE FINAL SENTENCE SHOULD BE ''1.5
PERCENT '1
C)
SOCIAL PROGRAMMES
EDUCATION
1) 1ST PARAGRAPH, FOURTH SENTENCE. PLEASE DELETE THE WORD
''SUBSIDISED''. THE WORD 'IS'' SHOULD READ IN**
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PARAGRAPH 3, FOURTH SENTENCE. REPLACE **MID-1990S'' BY
''EARLY 1990S''
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