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CONFIDENTIAL
TO DESKBY 29010OZ HONG KONG
FM FCO
TELNO 1955
OF 2820OOZ SEPTEMBER 89
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
HKB
15 011 /5
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YOUR TELNOS 3184-3193 : YOUR ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL :
11 OCTOBER
1.
WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON TURS : (A) EFFECT ON HONG KONG OF RECENT EVENTS (YOUR TELNO 3185) PARA 7 : WE ENTIRELY UNDERSTOOD THE THOUGHT BEHIND THE SENTENCE QUOTE HONG KONG IS BOTH CONNECTED TO CHINA AND SEPARATE FROM IT UNQUOTE. BUT WE FELT THAT SOMEHOW IT READ A LITTLE STRANGELY AND NEEDED TO BE QUALIFIED BY THE ADDITION OF A PHRASE SUCH AS QUOTE BUT IN ANOTHER IMPORTANT SENSE UNQUOTE IS SEPARATE FROM IT.
PARA 7 : WE SUGGEST THE OMISSION OF QUOTE OFTEN TURBULENT UNQUOTE.
(B) REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT (YOUR TELNO 3186)
PARA 39 : WE SUGGEST DELETING QUOTE WOULD ALSO RESPOND POSITIVELY UNQUOTE AND SUBSTITUTING QUOTE WILL ALSO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION
UNQUOTE.
PARA 40 : WE SUGGEST THE OMISSION OF THE PHRASE QUOTE THE WIDELY
HELD VIEW.
THAN PREVIOUSLY ENVISAGED: AND ALSO UNQUOTE.
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PARA 40: THE PHRASE QUOTE PRUDENT AND GRADUAL WAY UNQUOTE SMACKS OF THE 1988 WHITE PAPER AND BEFORE: YOU MIGHT STOP THE SENTENCE
AT QUOTE WELL IN ADVANCE UNQUOTE
(C) THE BASIC LAW (YOUR TELNO 3187)
PARA 41 : IT MIGHT BE MORE ACCURATE TO SAY QUOTE RECENT EVENTS IN CHINA HAVE REFOCUSSED PUBLIC ATTENTION ON SOME ASPECTS OF THE
BASIC LAW.
(D) BILL OF RIGHTS (YOUR TELNO 3188)
NO COMMENTS
(E) JOINT LIAISON GROUP (YOUR TELNO 3189)
PARA 47 : FOURTH SENTENCE : WE SUGGEST ADDING A PHRASE SO THAT THE SENTENCE READS QUOTE ALTHOUGH THE JLG IS A BILATERAL
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