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The report

of the Government machinery, and of producing a report.

drawn up by the assessment office will include factual summaries of

all the views expressed,

assessment of the extent of

The report will be published in

and an overall

acceptance of the draft agreement.

Hong Kong.

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7. It is also proposed that a small independent team should be

appointed to monitor the work of the assessment office. The role of

the monitors' will be to ensure that the assessment is carried out properly, accurately and impartially by the assessment office, and that the office has followed the prescribed procedures faithfully in drawing up a report on the comments made. The monitors will not

collect or assess opinion themselves. They will witness different

aspects of the exercise of consultation, have acces S to the material

on which the assessment report was based and publish their findings

at the same time as the assessment report. The assessment report

and the views of the monitors on whether they are satisfied with the

way the

assessment office has discharged its duties will be

presented to Parliament in a Ministerial statement.

Hong Kong Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

18 July 1984