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13. I referred earlier to our objective of an acceptable to the people of Hong Kong. Since the publication of the agreement on 26 September the people of Hong Kong have had an opportunity to express their views to
their views to an Assessment Office, appointed by the Governor and charged with preparing an accurate analysis and assessment of opinion in Hong Kong. The Assessment Office report, together with that of the independent Monitors appointed by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to oversee their work, was published as a White Paper Command No 9407 and laid before Parliament on 29 November.
14. As anyone who has followed the Hong Kong press in this period will know, the debate in Hong Kong on the draft
agreement has been both serious and intensive. I am stuck by how realistic and level-headed much of this comment has been. Some three and a half million copies of the draft agreement were distributed in Hong Kong and two and a half thousand direct submissions were received by the Assessment Office, many from organisations representing large memberships.
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