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take an
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intense Interest in the detail of it, and those are
the people
I hope will put forward their views.
Q:
(Ted
We're.
Secretary
of
a sense. round of whole
the
affairs. seen it
Roland, Labour MP)....the State made it very clear that this was the last chance, in that
and we're drafting a constitution.
this was the final
consultation..
you know. close to determining basis upon which Hong Kong will be governed and arrange its The Foreign Office produced for us an appendix, you'll have I'm sure, with 14 points of objection or criticism on the first draft,
Goddard's Secretary of
called it this morning Lord State points. From you, in the Hong Kong Government's point those 14 points were fully met, other than the election side. which is then would issue.
declare
satisfactory it separate consistent with the principles and terms of the Joint Declaration?
a
you
14 best
of view,
and
Governor:
one issue
what's
is
in a
have
arsa
the
the
There's I think there are two separate issues.
coincides with of whether or not what's in the Basic Law
HMG in the Joint
where Declaration, and that and loccus (?)
then there's another area,
grever sense. 2 where it's not a question of whether or not it's in conflict with Joint Declaration. but it goes beyond what's in the Joint Declaration. Certain things in the Joint Declaration are not precise. It's for Basic Law to flash those out. And in those particular areas HMC and. loccus (?). then by extension the Hong Kong Government. doesn't have a
Amongst chose but they are matters of intense debate in Hong Kong. areas. is the whole question of the political structure and how that's evolved.
this particular round of consultation in In believe
most of the discussion will focus on that areas. The annex to the Foreign Office paper, which you mentioned. essentially a series of points where the second draft of the Basic Law be has improved on the first draft. I don't think it was intended to an exhaustive list. It was just a series of key points on second draft had improved on the first.
0:
the
Hong
those
I
Kong. particular
is
where the
On
Are there in the critical structure, I mean
3 separate electoral side of things which I deliberately set as issue. are there any additional points to make other than these points in the appendix ?
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Governort
There are other points which I think will still instance, There will, for a subject of discussion in Hong Kong. be discussion. I am sure on the question of the two clauses which deal
in listed
that with
which I don't believe are economic policies, particular accendix. There will also be discussion I'm sure on some o
There's no particular the ones which are listed in the appendix. reason why. some people in Hong Kong shouldn't focus areas of the Basic Law in addition to what's in that appendix.
in terms of that appendix ?
on
some other
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