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Terms of Reference for the Monitoring Team

The independent Monitoring Team has been

appointed by the Secretary of State for Foreign and

Commonwealth Affairs. Its role is to monitor the work of

the Assessment Office appointed by the Governor of Hong Kong

to assess and report on the views expressed by the people

of Hong Kong on the draft Agreement between the Government

of the People's Republic of China and Her Majesty's

Government on the arrangements for the future of Hong Kong.

2.

(a)

(b)

The tasks of the Monitoring Team are

to observe the work of the Assessment Office in

all its aspects;

to submit to the Secretary of State a report

independently of the report of the Assessment

Office, stating whether it is satisfied that the

Assessment Office has properly, accurately and

impartially discharged its duties and faithfully

followed the procedures presented in its terms of

reference.

The Monitoring Team will not itself receive expressions of

public views or seek in its report to assess public opinion.

13.