CONFIDENTIAL
GRS 350
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2382
OF 150743Z DECEMBER 86
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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Action Takeo
HONG KONG TELNOS 4119 - 4120 AND 4132: ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT
1. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON FIRST AND SECOND TURS AS AMENDED BY THIRD TUR:
1ST TUR: CIVIL SERVICE
(A) PARAGRAPH 2 (NEW PENSION SCHEME): AMEND LAST SENTENCE TO READ''... DETAILS OF THE SCHEME WERE ALSO DISCUSSED WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.'' THE CHINESE INSISTED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THAT GIVEN THE PRC'S LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE SCHEME BECAUSE OF ITS IMPLICATIONS AFTER 1997, THEY WISHED TO BE CONSULTED RATHER THAN JUST PROVIDED WITH DETAILS. THEY ARE LIKELY TO CONSIDER THE SENTENCE MISLEADING AS ORIGINALLY DRAFTED,,
2ND TUR:
(B) PARAGRAPH 7: REPLACE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED IN THE FIRST
SENTENCE BY HAS CONTINUED'',
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(C) PARAGRAPH 8: DELETE ALL FROM 'SPECIFICALLY TO PROPORTION OF THE SEATS' IN FOURTH SENTENCE.
(D) PARAGRAPH 9: AMEND FIRST SENTENCE TO READ ...THE CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THESE ISSUES WHICH HAS FOCUSSED ON THE FORTHCOMING REVIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.'' WE DO NOT WISH TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT IT IS THE FORTHCOMING REVIEW ALONE WHICH
HAS GENERATED PUBLIC INTEREST,
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THIS IS A COPY
THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN
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FOI EXEMPTION NO. 27(1)