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legislators taking an agreed oath at round one
and it was
incumbent upon us to put to the
Chinese for
their
consideration the contents of
what might go into such an oath. He did not know
whether this would be a successful approach but
felt we could not refuse to go down this route.
19.
be
The Governor said he believed it would
helpful to put some ideas on this matter to
the Chinese side.
Their reaction to the
He noted the
proposals would indicate their sincerity in
moving forward on this front.
reservations of some Members on the proposal to
put forward a draft oath but he believed the
consensus of the Council was that we should do
so, and the version of the draft oath at the
annex which included the second form of wording
for
paragraph
3 should be submitted
Chinese side for consideration.
to the
POSSIBLE ATTENDANCE BEFORE THE COUNCIL
BY MR CHRISTOPHER HUM
the
had
The Governor said that if the timing of
seventeenth round of talks was confirmed he
suggested that Mr HUM attend the meeting of
the Council between rounds sixteen and seventeen,
to discuss progress to date and the way ahead.