RESTRICTED
177700
MDLIN 5063
AUTONOMY OF THE SARG. FURTHER EDITORIALS IN TODAY'S PRESS (WAH KIN YAT PO, SING PAO, NEW EVENING POST, WEN WEI PO, TA KUNG PAO) HAVE GENERALLY BEEN FAVOURABLE, ALTHOUGH SOME LEGCO MEMBERS (EMILY LAU, LAU CHIN-CHEK) HAVE BEEN QUOTED AS EXPRESSING DOUBTS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL, AND ANXIETY THAT THIS WILL SOMEHOW BE THE THIN END OF A WEDGE LEADING TO CHINESE SECURITY PERSONNEL EXERCISING JURISDICTION IN HONG KONG.
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56
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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PUSD
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LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT
.AND MS BROOKS
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PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES
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