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FUTURE OF HONG KONG:

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APPOINTMENT OF MONITORS

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PROPOSED ANNOUNCEMENT BY NEWS DEPARTMENT ON 20 AUGUST

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On 18 July the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary described in statement to the House of Commons the arrangements that would be made to test the acceptability in Hong Kong of any agreement reached

with the Chinese Government on the future of the territory. He

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explained that a small, independent team would be appointed to

monitor the work of the assessment office set up for this purpose,

and to confirm in a published report whether it had carried out its duties properly, accurately, and impartially. On 7 August copies of

the terms of the reference for the monitoring team, to be appointed

by the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, were placed in the House

of Commons Library.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary has now appointed the

following to serve as members of the monitoring team:

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The Right Hon Sir Patrick Nairne GCB MC, Master of

St Catherine's College, Oxford and formerly Permanent Secretary of

the Department of Health and Social Security.

Mr Justice Simon Li, a Justice of Appeal of the Hong Kong Supreme

Court.

The monitoring team is expected to start work at about the end of September, and to complete its task during November.

Hong Kong Department

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