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PEKING TELNO 5: ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG 1991.
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WE AGREE WITH PEKING'S PROPOSAL IN PARAS 2 AND 3 OF TUR.
2. PARA 4 OF TUR: WE TAKE PEKING'S POINT BUT SUGGEST THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE COULD BRIEFLY REFER TO WHAT THE CHINESE SIDE'S CONCERN IS. WE SUGGEST REDRAFTING THE FINAL SENTENCE OF PARA 11 OF THE REPORT AS FOLLOWS -
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''ALTHOUGH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE EVOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATURE, HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE DEVELOPMENTS IN 1991 HAVE PROVIDED A SOUND FOUNDATION ON WHICH HONG KONG'S DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM CAN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.''
3. PARA 5 OF TUR: THE SURVEY RESULTS OF 1989 ARE THE MOST UP- TO-DATE ONES. THE GLOBAL SURVEY IS CONDUCTED EVERY SEVERAL YEARS. THE NEXT ONE WILL BE LATER THIS YEAR.
4. A FEW WORDS HAVE BEEN OMITTED FROM THE 3RD AND 4TH SENTENCES OF PARA 63 OF THE DRAFT REPORT, WHICH SHOULD READ:
''BUT, FROM AUGUST, MONTHLY ARRESTS BEGAN TO OVERTAKE THEIR 1990 LEVELS. BY YEAR END THE CUMULATIVE TOTAL WAS (TO BE SUPPLIED), THE 1990 FIGURE BEING 27,000. THIS WAS ...'
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GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT REPORT A.S.A.P.
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