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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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OF 25060OZ JUNE 87
MIPT: STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT : LONGER-TERM #SSUES
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*"#SSUES CONNECTED WITH THE QUESTION OF CONVERGENCE
25 JUN 1797
ON 23 MAY AND 14 OCTOBER 1986, SWR GEOFFREY HOWE HANDED OVER TO FOREIGN MASTER WU XUEQHAN TWO SETS OF PAPERS ON ISSUES CONNECTED WITH THE QUESTON OF CONVERGENCE BETWEEN THE PRESENT STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG, AND THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT TO BE PRESCRIBED IN THE BASIC LAW FOR THE FUTURE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN--
STRATIVE REGION(SAR).
2.
THE FIRST SET OF PAPERS DESCRIBED HOW THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG OPERATE IN PRACTICE AND EXAMINED CERTAIN
(RSSUES WHICH WOULD REQUIRE CONSIDERATION IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE CONVERGENCE.
3. THE SECOND SET OF PAPERS DEALT IN GREATER DETAIL. WITH THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE: THE
FUTURE OF THE SEATS » THE LEGISLATURE NOW HELD BY OFFICIAL AND APPOINTED MEMBERS: AND A NUMBER OF LEGAL #SSUES ARMISHING FROM THE
DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW.
5.
THE BRITISH SINDE HAS GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION TO A NUMBER
OF LONGER-TERM HSSUES CONNECTED WITH THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF
GOVERNMENT AND HOW CONVERGENCE WITH THE POST-1997 STRUCTURE COULD
BEST BE ACHIEVED. IT WOULD NOW LIKE TO SHARE ITS THOUGHTS WITH THE
CHINESE SANDE.
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