UNCLASSIFIED
076674
MDHIAN 96-3
CHANCES OF A BREAKTHROUGH IN FUTURE ROUNDS OF TALKS WOULD BE VERY
LOW. THE PAPER BELIEVED THAT THIS EXPLAINED WHY THE GOVERNOR HAD BEEN VERY RESTRAINED IN HIS REMARKS ON CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AND DURING THE EIGHTH ROUND. THE PAPER NOTED THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD BEEN VERY CAREFUL TO ENSURE THERE WOULD BE 'NO PETTY TRICKS' AND 'NO BACKGROUND MUSIC' BEFORE THE TALKS.
DB MERGER.
6.
THE PAPERS NOTED IN GOOD COVERAGE THAT THE MOTION MOVED BY
LIBERAL PARTY LEGISLATOR RONALD ARCULLI TO AMEND THE DECLARATION OF NUMBER OF PROPOSED DISTRICTS AND SPECIFICATION OF DISTRICT NAMES ORDER 1993 WAS VOTED DOWN (35 AGAINST: 18 FOR) IN LEGCO YESTERDAY. YAU TSIM AND MONGKOK DBS WOULD THEREFORE BE COMBINED AS EARLIER ANNOUNCED.
PATTEN
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
.HK POLICY
65
DISTRIBUTION
72
NTCD
HKD
PUSD
FED
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS
BARRETT
LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS
LEGAL ADVISERS//MR GILES NEWS D
PLANNERS
RAD
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES
MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
7
CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE (DIO)
CAOFF//MISS NEVILLE-JONES
CAOFF//MR SIBSON
NNNN
PS NO 10.
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