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AND TO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
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OUR TELNO 3058 ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG, 1990
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MINISTERS HAVE DECIDED THAT THE ANNUAL REPORT SHOULD BE IN A MORE COMPRESSED FORM THAN HITHERTO. THE AIM WOULD BE TO MAKE IT PITHIER AND MORE READABLE. THE REPORT COULD CONTAIN CROSS REFERENCES TO STATEMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, WHERE APPROPRIATE, INCLUDING THE HONG KONG YEARBOOK AND THE GOVERNOR'S LEGCO ADDRESS, WHICH WOULD BE PLACED IN THE LIBRARY OF THE HOUSE.
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IN THE LIGHT OF THIS, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ADVICE ON HOW THE ANNUAL REPORT MIGHT BE SLIMMED DOWN. WE SUGGEST, SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS, THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO FOCUS ON NEW AND NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS RATHER THAN TO ATTEMPT A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE. WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO GIVE MORE PROMINENCE TO POLITICALLY PROBLEMATIC SUBJECTS, SUCH AS VBP, WHICH SHOULD APPEAR NEARER THE BEGINNING OF THE REPORT.
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3. ON TIMING, WE WOULD HOPE TO RECEIVE DRAFTS FROM YOU IN/LATE DECEMBER, IN LINE WITH THE TARGET DATES IN YOUR TELNO 2843.
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