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11 and functioned smoothly. But the controversy
over the Daya Bay
nuclear project
has led to more
outspoken behaviour on the part of a minority of members
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which might cause some misgivings both Peking and
among Hong Kong people about the possible implications of introducing directly elected members into the council in
1988.
There was a long discussion on the Daya Bay project,
and Mr Renton described the Government's position at
length. It will however no doubt still be helpful if the
Prime Minister can revert to this along the lines of her
brief. For the rest discussion is likely to concentrate
on the constitutional issues covered in paragraphs 4-7 of
the brief.
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I enclose the draft of a statement which might be
issued to the members at the conclusion of the meeting.
We have discussed it informally with the Governor. The
delegation are likely to attach particular importance to
the assurances contained
in
the paragraph on Daya Bay,
which has been cleared as necessary with other Whitehall
Departments.
the senior Unofficial member of the
Sir S Y Chung, the senior
Executive council, will not after all attend the meeting.
He is still recovering in London from
from an operation and
has been
to rest. advised by his doctors
seniority is Mr Oswald Cheung.
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