APPENDIX A
The Survey Office
Independent Survey Office has been set up to collect, collate and report on public response to the Green Paper 'The 1987 Review of Developments in Representative Government".
2. The terms of reference of the Survey Office are as follows:
(a) to invite as wide a public response as possible to the issues discussed in the Green Paper 'The 1987 Review of Developments in Representative Government', and to receive and record all views expressed in writing by 30 September 1987, including those submitted directly to it or indirectly through established consultative channels; and
(b) to submit to the Governor in Council, not later than 31 October 1987, an impartial and accurate report collating and presenting all such views in accordance with the following directions:
(1) Elicitation of public response: the Survey Office shall invite groups, associations, statutory and non-statutory bodies and individuals to consider the issues discussed in the Green Paper and to forward their views in writing to the Survey Office; and take appropriate steps to encourage as wide a response as possible.
(2) Public opinion surveys: the Survey Office may commission public opinion surveys; it
shall take note of other surveys and comment on them.
(3) Confidentiality: documents in respect of which confidentiality has been requested by the contributor shall be treated accordingly and shall be destroyed as soon as practicable after the publication of the White Paper.
(4) Media reports: the Survey Office shall monitor views as reported in the media, to the extent that these complement, and do not repeat, submissions already received by the Office.
(5) Signature campaigns and similar documents: the Survey Office shall comment upon the source and method of compilation of such documents, drawing attention to any duplication or repetition.
(6) The Report shall, inter alia, include factual summaries of opinion expressed in the
following categories:
(i) debates, minutes and submissions in the District Boards, the Urban Council, the
Regional Council and the Legislative Council;
(ii) the written submissions of other statutory and non-statutory bodies, with their membership, functions and objectives and the procedures followed in formu- lating their submissions noted;
(iii) the written submissions of groups and associations, with their membership, functions and objectives and the procedures followed in formulating their submissions noted;
(iv) the written submissions of individuals who do not request confidentiality; and
(v) the written submissions of individuals who do request confidentiality.
The Monitors
3. Two independent Monitors, Mr. LI Fook-kow, CMG, JP and Mr. Andrew SO Kwok-wing, OBE, JP have been appointed to oversee the work of the Survey Office. Their terms of reference are as follows:
'The Monitors are required to observe all aspects of the work of the Survey Office and to submit their independent report to the Governor as to whether they are satisfied that the Survey Office has properly, accurately and impartially carried out its duties and followed the procedures prescribed in its terms of reference."