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The Chairman thanked Sir Edward Gent very much
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for his statement. He said there was ✩ long-range
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and short-range item in the terms of reference of the
present Committe view of focusing theaterme of reference they should consider the immediacy of rendering any advice on the short-term issues. If, that is to buy, there was
He thought that from the point of
likely to be any substantial delay before they could make up their minds on what they ought to say in answer to the first of the terms of reference, then he thought
they
The two terms of
xkatxatxanYX PILS XB ORexgf×1kg members ought to go into the question of the short-term needs concurrently or even before making up their minds. reference were unfortunately very much tied up together, because if certain short-term measures were recommended to come into operation say next September, they might in their nature prejudice the answer to the long-range question before a decision on that had been given. Similarly, if the decision on the long-range issue was likely in the nature of the ease to be deferred for a very considerable time say six or nine months clearly some sort of decision, whether negative or not, had got to be taken on the short-range situation con- Therefore he fronting the authorities in Hong Kong. thou ht that at the right moment that afternoon they
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ought to turn to that short-range question and decide (and-be would ask la. Sloss to review the fumedia te position) what further information, if any, was required before they were able to render advice on that. Possibly to Commits
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Jikely they would want to render an interim report
quite quickly on the immediate situation.
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on the assumption that they might take some time to
advise on the long-term issue.
He would like to know
how that suggested plan of work commended itself to
the Committee.
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Professor Penson