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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1. I HAVE NO DIFFICULTIES WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT WE SHOULD GIVE THE CHINESE WRITTEN NOTES ON THE NON-NUMERICAL ASPECTS OF HONG KONG'S CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT. GIVEN THE SHORTNESS OF TIME BEFORE THE BLDC PLENUM, I HOPE (A) THAT THE NOTES CAN BE FINALISED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND (B) THAT THEY WILL BE AS CONCISE AS POSSIBLE TO PERMIT EASY DIGESTION BY THOSE WHOM WE ARE TRYING TO INFLUENCE. IN PARTICULAR, I SUGGEST THAT THE NOTES ON THE GEC SHOULD FOCUS ON PRINCIPLES RATHER THAN DETAIL:
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