LEGAL QUESTIONS.
8. IF ASKED ABOUT COMPLEX TRIALS OF COMMERCIAL CRIME, MR. RENTON MIGHT SAY THAT HE IS AWARE OF THE FINDINGS OF THE ROSKILL COMMISSION. HONG KONG IS ENGAGED (VNA A SELECT COMMITTEE) IN FINDING
#TS OWN SOLUTION TO A REAL QUESTION.
9. SHATAUKOK (SHENZHEN) CASE (INVOLVING 7 YEAR SENTENCE ON A HONG KONG MAN, MR. KWOK SHU WAH, FOR FRAUD.) MATTER FOR THE COURTS CONCERNED. (ATTEMPT BY COURT AT ONE STAGE TO RECOVER MONEY FROM
THE KWOK FAMILY BY IMPOUNDING THE SON'S PASSPORT). UNDERSTAND
ENQUIRY WAS MADE OF NCNA ABOUT THIS. UNDERSTAND PASSPORT WAS
RETURNED.
POLICE/GARRISON.
10. THERE HAVE BEEN PRESS ARTICLES ABOUT CONSULTATIONS WITHIN THE
RHKP ABOUT THE FUTURE COMPOSITION OF THE POLICE FORCE. MR. RENTON
MAY WISH TO SAY IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS THAT THE RHKP HAS A FINE
RECORD. HT MAKES SENSE TO BUILD ON THIS. ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE REQUIRED
AS WE MOVE INTO THE '90S. ON THE RALATED QUESTION OF THE GARRISON
HE MIGHT SAY, IF PRESSED, THAT IT IS FAR TOO EARLY TO REACH DECISIONS
ON THE MANNER OF THE WITHDRAWAL BY 1997. MT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO
MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER AND HMG WILL LOOK PRAGMATICALLY AT THE MEANS
TO ENSURE THIS.
PROTECTIONISM (AND THE THURMOND/JENKINS BILL).
11. THIS IS LIKELY TO BE SQUEEZED OUT BY HOTTER SUBJECTS. IF IT IS
RAISED THE FOLLOING POINTS MIGHT BE MADE:
(A) HMG WELCOMES THE PRESIDENT'S VETO. PROTECTIONISM NOT THE ANSWER
TO THE PROBLEM OF TRADE IMBALANCES.
(B) HK'S COMPLETELY OPEN DOMESTIC MARKET AN EXAMPLE TO THE REST
OF THE WORLD OF HOW FREE TRADE WORKS.
(C) (IF FORTHCOMING RENEGOTIATION OF THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT IS
RAISED). AS MR. CHANNON SAND IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, UK WILL BE
PRESSING FOR RENEWAL OF THE MFA WITH RATHER MORE LIBERAL ARRANGEMENTS
THAN UNDER THE PRESENT ONE. UK WILL ALSO SEEK ABOVE AVERAGE
IMPROVEMENTS IN ACCESS TO EEC MARKETS FOR EXPORTERS LIKE HK WHO
HAVE NO BARRIERS TO THE COMMUNITIES OWN EXPORTS.
(D) GSP (CONGRESSIONAL PRESSURE TO SEE HONG KONG AND THE MICS
GRADUATE). A SERIOUS ISSUE FOR HONG KONG. HMG ALWAYS BEEN KEENLY
AWARE OF SUCH 'SSUES: AND HAVE INTERVENED STRONGLY IN PAST ON HONG
KONG'S BEHALF OVER THE JENKINS BILL AND OVER GSP.
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