TNAG-1288-FCO40-1639-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1984 — Page 93

349

352

GPS600

CONFIDENTIAL

DESKBY FCO 1311OOZ

CONTIDENTIAL

HICICO 11/3

TOPO04~`y

13$9

DESK BY PEKING 14010OZ

FM HONG KONG 13102OZ NOV 84

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 3469 OF 13 NOVEMBER

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

ло

Pr

WHITE PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS CONSIDERED THE TEXT OF THE WHITE PAPER

SET OUT IN MY TELNO 3420 AND YOUR COMMENTS ON THE TEXT CONTAINED

IN YOUR TEE NO 2223. THE COUNCIL DECIDED THAT THE FOLLOWING

AMENDMENTS SHOULD BE MADE :

--

CHAPTER 1 THE INTRODUCTION

(A) PARA 5 ADD THE PROPOSALS IN THE GREEN PAPER COVERED THE

PERIOD UP TO 1991. THE REVISED PLANS FOR 1985 DESCRIBED IN

THIS WHITE PAPER INCLUDE SEVERAL OF THE ORIGINAL PROPOSALS

CONCERNING THE COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1988."'

(B) PARA 6 - DELETE WHICH ALLOW SCOPE FOR THE PROGRESSIVE

DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM''

CHAPTER II THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

(C) PARA 9

AFTER BASED ON'' INSERT **

**ONE!

(D) DELETE PAPAS 11 AND 12, AND RENUMPER PARAGRAPH 13 AS PARAGRAPH

11, AND RENUMBER THEREAFTER.

(E) DELETE SUB-PARAGRAPH 14(C).

(F) PARA 17 DELETE THE LAST SENTENCE.

(G) DELETE PARA 18 AND RENUMBER OLD PARA 21 AS PARA 18, AND

RENUMBER THEREAFTER.

(H) PARA 22 - DELETE THE LAST TWO SENTENCES.

(I) DIRECT ELECTIONS - RENUMBER OLD PARA 31 AS PARA 25 AND

REINSERT AFTER SUB-HEAD THE COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL TO FOLLOW PARA 24.

(J) THE REVIEW - PARAS RENUMBERED TO FOLLOW THE NEW PARA 25.

(K) DELETE PARAS 28A AND 285 AND INSERT NEW PARA 28 AS FOLLOWS

AND RENUMBER THEREAFTER,

''SINCE SOME OF THE GREEN PAPER PROPOSALS CONCERNING THE

COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD

FROM 1988 TO 1985 IT HAS BEEN ARGUED THAT THE REVIEW SHOULD BE

HELD AFTER 1988 IN ORDER TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS

TO SETTLE DOWN. ON THE OTHER HAND THERE WAS STRONG PUBLIC

FEELING THAT THE TIMING OF THE REVIEW SHOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD

AND THERE WILL ALSO BE A NEED TO CONSIDER MATTERS SUCH AS

DIRECT ELECTIONS AND OTHER ISSUES RAISED IN THE GREEN PAPER

AND SUBSEQUENTLY IN PUBLIC DEBATE. AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION

THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO BRING FORWARD THE REVIEW TO

1987.**

CHAPTER IV THE GOVERNOR

CONFIDENTIAL

(1)