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GENEVA CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER TO REVIEW PROGRESS/IF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION FAILS, WHAT NEXT?/WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
REGIONAL HOLDING CENTRE/WHAT PROGRESS?
BASIC LAW
STATIONING OF PLA TROOPS.
DECLARATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY.
PACE OF POLITICAL REFORMS/OMELCO CONSENSUS/NEW HK ALLIANCE PROPOSAL FOR BICAMERAL SYSTEM.
CHINA'S REFUSAL TO PUT OFF PROMULGATION OF BASIC LAW/MAIN- LAND DRAFTERS DECLINING TO VISIT HK.
JLG
CONTROVERSY OVER SECRETARY (GENERAL DUTIES) BARRIE WIGGHAM'S
SPEECH.
QUOTE WAR OF WORDS UNQUOTE BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA/ CONFRONTATION AT JLG AND WALK-OUT THREAT BY CHINESE SIDE OVER
AGENDA.
APPOINTMENT OF TONY GALSWORTHY AS SENIOR BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE ON JLG A DOWNGRADING OF POST?
GARRISON
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TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL/CHANGE IN WAKE OF JUNE 4 MASSACRE?
FUTURE OF HMS TAMAR.
CHINESE ARGUE THEY HAVE RIGHT TO STATION TROOPS IN HK AFTER 1997, AS BRITISH HAVE RIGHT TO DO SO NOW.
EMIGRATION
LATEST EMIGRATION FIGURES AND PROJECTIONS/55 000 EXPECTED TO EMIGRATE IN 1990 COMPARED WITH 42 000 IN 1989.
BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS DIFFER IN VIEWS OVER CONFIDENCE.
PROPOSALS TO BOOST CONFIDENCE/HK TO BE ASIAN HQ OF UN/A FURTHER EXTENSION OF HK LEASE.
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