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Date of Meeting
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3.10 Thus all the principal representative bodies have unequivocally placed on record their view that the draft agreement is acceptable.(")
Views Expressed by Organizations and Groups
3.11 The views expressed directly to the Office by the wide range of organizations described in paragraph 2.18 indicate that out of a total of 430 organizations, an overwhelming majority of 334 have placed on record the fact that in the view of the members they represent the draft agreement is acceptable. Thirty-three Organisations have declared that their members reject it. The remainder gave no clear indication of their position. From the response it is clear that the most influential organizations from the professional and business sectors, the religious community, the student population and the Civil Service, and amongst pressure groups and trade unions have come out generally in support of the draft agreement.
3.12 Some organizations have declared their unwillingness or inability to send their views directly to the Assessment Office, either because they disagreed with the concept of the Assessment Office, or they were unable to arrive at a consensus view. Amongst these were the Bar Association, the Law Society and the Hong Kong Observers. The Office has, nevertheless, taken their views as reported in the media into account(').
(Copies of the views expressed and resolutions passed are available for public reference in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.
(') (a) The Bar Association was reported to have been unable to pass a resolution
recommending ratification of the draft agreement.
(b) The Law Society declared that it would not give its views on the draft agreemment to the Office as it did not feel a collective view would be appropriate.
(c) The Hong Kong Observers (a pressure group) whilst accepting the draft
agreement, said the Office was a farce".
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