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PLANNING FACTORS
17.
All the planning factors recorded in CDS 7/87 remain
Two in particular are worthy of emphasis:
valid.
a.
Retention of Flexibility. It remains vital that the withdrawal plan provides flexibility to accommodate future changes to the threat assessment, slippage of the Police expansion plan and swings in the population's confidence driven by such factors as the international financial situation or potentially unsatisfactory implementation of the provisions of the
1984 Joint Declaration.
b.
Preservation of Confidence.
The preservation of
public confidence in the security and stability of Hong
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