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TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE MONITORING TEAM

TERMS OF REFERENCE

FOR MONITORS.

1. The independent Monitoring Team has been appointed by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

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on

Its role

to monitor the work of the Assessment Office appointed by the

Governor of Hong Kong to

and report

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.

The tasks of the Monitoring Team are:

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

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

of reference.

terms

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

all times:

carry out

its task the Monitoring Team will at

(a) have

accesS to

all material used in the assessment;

and

(b) be free to witness such aspects of the exercise af consultatión

as it may wish. and of the work of the Assessment Office

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