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would thus be helpful to both sides if a regular reporting procedure existed for the implementation
of the programmes to explain what progress is being
made and whether the programme has had to be modified (giving in the latter case the reasons)
It is,
of course, always open to the Secretary of State,
where he is not satisfied with these reasons, or
where he judges these to be outweighed by HMG's
interests to issue Instructions to the Governor in
accordance with Article II of the Letters Patent. But, obviously the decision to issue Instructions
should be taken only after carefully considering
whether the advantages of intervention outweigh the A class making it more different for the Hong Kong risks of a constitutional, crisis in Hong Kong, the Government to Chery onto the police divrented in this paper avoidance of which is sardinal to the strategy of this
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The Governor will, of course, need to remain the
principal link between the Secretary of State and Hong
Kong. His position is a delicate one, since he must
represent the views of HMG to Hong Kong and those of
Hong Kong to HMG: occasionally these conflict, and there is constant (if uninformed) suspicion in Hong
Kong that local interests may be subordinated to British ones. A telling example is the Governor's inability to persuade Hong Kong opinion to accept the Secretary of State's refusal to support executions in Hong Kong because the population could not comprehend the refusal
except in UK political terms not. related to care for
their welfare. On the other hand he was able to 'sell'
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