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TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE MONITORING TEAM

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1.

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 asses S 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

2.

arrangements for the future of Hong Kong.

The tasks of the Monitoring Team are:

(a) to observe the work of the Assessment Office in all its

aspects;

(b) 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.

3. To enable it to carry out its task the Monitoring Team will at

all times:

(a) have access to all material used in the assessment; and

exercise af consultation

(b) be free to witness such aspects of the

and of the work of the Assessment Office a s it may wish.