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From: K C Walker Date: 31 January 1991
Mr McLaren
CC:
Mr Paul, HKD
Mr Davies, FED Mr Figgis, RAD
HONG KONG: PROFESSOR LAU SIU-KAI'S PAPER ON "UNGOVERNABILITY"
1.
Thank you for copying to me the Governor's letter of 27 December 1990 and the enclosed paper by Professor Lau. I agree with the Governor that parts of the paper are too pessimistic. But the Professor's conclusions made me think that it might be useful if the problems which he identified - and the general questions of tactics for handling the Chinese as well as local opinion within Hong Kong - could fairly soon be considered afresh in the Office, perhaps initially by commissioning a planning paper.
2.
This is just how it seems to me from the RAD viewpoint, but I wonder whether others may be thinking on similar lines.
Kafathe
KC Walker
Far Eastern Section
Research & Analysis Dept
OAB2/125
210 6220
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