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Mr Gillmore
HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT
Mr McLaren
Mr Bacon, PRU
Mr Rollit, ntd
PS / Lord Glenarthur
1.
In recording the Secretary of State's approval of the draft
Annual Report to Parliament on Hong Kong, attached to Mr Hum's submission of 18 December, you asked whether it would be necessary to circulate the draft Report to other Ministers before publication
as a White Paper.
2.
The two previous Annual Reports were not circulated before publication. As noted in Mr Hum's submission, this year's Report is similar to the previous ones in terms of format and length and its
references to such issues as the Joint Declaration and
Representative Government are factual and low key. On grounds of
precedence and substance, therefore, I see no need for the Report to be circulated to Ministerial colleagues.
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