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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 4535
OF 01044OZ DECEMBER 87
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YOUR TELNO 3112 : ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG : PASSAGE ON JLG
WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON TUR
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1. PARA. 1 CHAPEAU, LAST SENTENCE WE WOULD PREFER THIS TO READ ''THE GROUP'S PRINCIPAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN THIS PERIOD HAVE BEEN
2. PARA. 1(1): REPLACE ''BE DEEMED'' BY
BECOME
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ARTICLE 11
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THIS
(A) (II) OF THE CONVENTION DOES NOT REFER TO 'DEEMING ACHIEVEMENT ROUNDS OFF A SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS ON HONG KONG'S STANDING IN WORLD BODIES RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE. IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE TO SET THIS ACHIEVEMENT IN A WIDER CONTEXT BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING ''AS A RESULT OF THE JLG'S EFFORTS HONG KONG NOW HAS, AND WILL RETAIN AFTER 1997, A SEPARATE STANDING IN THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE, THE MULTI-FIBRE AGREEMENT AND THE CCC AND IS THUS BETTER PLACED TO PROTECT ITS OWN INTERESTS IN WORLD TRADE BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER 1997.''
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3. PARA. 1(IV) FIRST SENTENCE H IN ESCAP WE HAVE THE STATUS OF
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP. ΙΝ THE FIRST SENTENCE WE SUGGEST REPLACING
''PARTICIPATION IN BY 'ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP OF''. WE ASSUME THAT A TRANSMISSION ERROR HAS MEANT ''PARTICIPATION'' HAS BEEN OMITTED
AFTER ''HONG KONG'S CONTINUED''.
AS DRAFTED THIS IMPLIES ACTIVE
4. PARA. 1(VI) FIFTH SENTENCE
CHINESE INVOLVEMENT IN AN AREA WHICH IS SOLELY OUR RESPONSIBILITY
WE PREFER TO STICK MORE CLOSELY TO THE WORDING ALREADY AGREED WITH
THE CHINESE IN THE FOURTH PARA. OF THE PRESS LINE IN PEKING TELNO
1975. ''THE BRITISH SIDE ALSO GAVE A BRIEFING ON THEIR WITHDRAWAL OF THE BRITISH GARRISON FROM HONG KONG. THE CHINESE SIDE EXPRESSED
THEIR UNDERSTANDING. I 1
1 WE APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS AWKWARD 'JLG-
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YOU MAY BE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN US IN SHAPING IT INTO MORE
ACCEPTABLE ENGLISH.
5. PARA. 2, SECOND SENTENCE : THE HK/NETHERLANDS ASA CAME INTO FORCE ON TWENTY-SIXTH (26) NOT 25 JUNE.
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