pslt.hk.PETER
JEB
April 1993
Roderic Lyne Esq CMG
Private Secretary
10 Downing Street
London SW1
7-4
HONG KONG
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The Governor is lunching with the Prime Minister on 13 April. You asked for an update on recent developments and any
points which the Governor might want to raise.
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The Foreign Secretary will hold a thorough discussion of the way forward on Hong Kong with the Governor on the morning of
be present 16 April. Sir Robin McLaren wir also participate in that
Secretary meeting. The Foreign Minister and the Governor will be seeing the Prime Minister at 1430 on 16 April and will, therefore, be
be able to report any operational conclusions to him then, as well as discuss the issue of arrangements in 1997 for Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Servants, on which we will send a separate briefing letter. We expect that the
on 13 Ai
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Governor will therefore see the lunchį as an opportunity for
general discussion.
The issue of the 1995 Legislative Council (LegCo) elections and our row with China continues to dominate political debate in Hong Kong. The present position is as follows:
- the Governor has published draft legislation
embodying his proposals, but has not introduced this into LegCo;
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