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ARRANGEMENTS TO PLACE SUBMISSIONS, WHICH THE ORIGINATORS HAVE

SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED TO BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL, IN A SEPARATE

CATEGORY OR FILE. SUCH SUBMISSIONS WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN PREPARING THE REPORT. ANONYMOUS SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT, HOWEVER, BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

5. IN CARRYING OUT ITS ROLE AS THE RECEIVER OF VIEWS, THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE WILL, IN ADDITION TO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS

EXPRESSED TO IT DIRECT, TAKE NOTE OF:

(A) VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THE MEDIA:

(B) THE RESULTS OF PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS:

(C) VIEWS PASSED ON TO IT BY UMELCO, AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE

ORGANISATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS:

(D) VIEWS PASSED ON TO IT BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER ORGANS

OF GOVERNMENT:

(E) VIEWS PASSED ON TO IT BY THE MONITORING TEAM IN THE

EVENT THAT IT RECEIVES SUBMISSION DIRECT.

GENERAL ORGANISATION OF WORK

6. THERE WILL BE SIX ASSESSMENT TEAMS EACH RESPONSIBLE FOR

DEALING WITH A SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY. TWO ASSISTANT

COMMISSIONERS WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THREE ASSESSMENT

TEAMS EACH. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS WILL REPORT TO A

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, WHO IN TURN REPORTS TO THE COMMISSIONER.

7. ALL INCOMING SUBMISSIONS WILL BE REGISTERED AND ACKNOWLEDGED

BY A RECEIVING SECTION WHICH WILL THEN PASS THEM TO THE

APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT TEAM. AT THE SAME TIME A COPY WILL BE

SENT TO A TRANSLATION SECTION WHICH WILL PRODUCE TRANSLATION

OF ALL DOCUMENTS RECEIVED. THE MONITORING TEAM WILL WISH TO

DECIDE WHETHER IT REQUIRES SEPARATE COPIES, IN ENGLISH AND

CHINESE, OF ALL SUBMISSIONS, OR WHETHER IT WISHES TO SPOT

CHECK THE PROCESSING OF THE SUBMISSIONS.

8. ANONYMOUS SUBMISSIONS WILL BE PLACED IN A SEPARATE FILE

AND WILL BE SEEN BY THE DEPCTY COMMISSIONER DAILY. THEY WILL

BE DRAWN TO THE ATTENTION OF THE MONITORS WHO WILL BE ASKED

TO VERIFY THEIR CLASSIFICATION AS ANONYMOUS LETTERS. ANY

SUBMISSIONS OF A DUBIOUS NATURE, E.G. WHICH ARE APPARENTLY

LUNATIC OR FORGED, WILL ALSO BE PLACED IN A SEPARATE FILE AND REFERRED TO THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR A RECOMMENDATION ON WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE REJECTED OR NOT. THESE, AND THE RECORDED REASONS FOR ACCEPTANCE OR OTHERWISE, WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE MONITORS.

9. COMPREHENSIVE DAILY SUMMARIES OF ALL MEDIA REPORTS AND ARTICLES WILL BE RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

SERVICES AND WILL BE PASSED TO THE RELEVANT ASSESSMENT TEAM.

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