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His Excellency the President : I think that point has been firmly established
the destination of the papers.
Mr. Peter C. Wong : There is just one further supplementary.
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His Excellency the President : May I hear it ?
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Mr. Peter C. Wong : Do I understand from the Secretary for Home Affairs that no
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documents will be kept in Hong Kong?
Secretary for Home Affairs: Yes, Sir.
His Excellency the President: Mrs. Chow, I overlooked you five minutes ago.
Mrs. Chow:- You just ruled out my supplementary.
Mr. Swaine:- Sir, I would like to ask whether there is any reason why the
name and address of people who do write to the Assessment Office should
not be expunged from the documents that are sent to London after they have
been verified in Hong Kong?
Secretary for Home Affairs:- It's certainly not being thought that that's
the appropriate way to deal with the documents. I think once the documents
are in London, it will be for the Secretary of State to consider the
assessment report as a whole with the documents going with it.
His Excellency the President:- Miss Dunn, is it another question?
Miss Dunn:- Yes it is, I am sorry. Given the concern expressed about
confidentiality, is the Government satisfied that the present procedures
would not inhibit people from coming forward with their views.
His Excellency the President: You mean the intended procedures.
Miss Dunn: Yes, the intended procedures, I beg your pardon.
Secretary for Home Affairs:- I think I can't answer that question
because it must be put to the people who have this problem in their mind.
What I can say is that I'm quite satisfied that the procedures proposed
will not lead to the divulging of names prematurely. By prematurely
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