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STANDING COMMITTEE

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1. I have now circulated copies of the Agenda for next Thursday's meeting, on the lines agreed. Your copy is attached. You may find the following notes helpful in guiding the discussions.

2. Agenda Item 1: Matters arising from the last meeting.

Following the last meeting on 23 February, further action. was needed on the following points:-

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(i) We were to ask the Governor again for his views on the appointment of a Diplomatic Service

'Chef de Cabinet';

(ii) We were to ask the Governor to indicate in his annual speech at the opening of LegCo the approximate costs of proposed improvements in the social services;

(iii) We were to take up again with the Governor the question of replacing certain members of the Executive and Legislative Councils with out-of-date views with people who were more in touch with every day life in the Colony;

(iv) We were to try yet again to resolve the long standing disagreement between Hong Kong and the Department of Trade over the value of Kaitak to the UK;

(v) We were to pursue the proposal for sending an Inspector of Schools to Hong Kong to advise on improvements in the education system;

(vi) We were to begin work, in close consultation with Hong Kong, on an outline social development plan for post 1980, with the aim of having a full paper ready for the Secretary of State when he goes to Hong Kong in the autumn;

On the first 2 items, you wrote to the Governor on 17 March (folio 9 below). He has not yet replied.

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On the 3rd point, the Governor has said he wants to

You appoint Mr Sandberg and Mr Newbigging to the Councils. impressed on him that if he insists on this, he should at least try to balance them with people from a broader background. You suggested the names of Dr Chen (an Economist at the Chinese University) and Mr Chan Kan-Chuen (a Cable and Wireless Trades Unionist).

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