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I. THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE

The Terms of Reference

The Assessment Office was established on

1 September, 1984 under the authority of the

Governor of Hong Kong separate from the ordinary inachinery of the Hong Kong Government. It is headed by the Commissioner who is required to report directly to the Governor. Its terms of reference are reproduced below :-

"The objective of the Office is

to provide Her Majesty's Government and Parliament, through the Governor of Hong Kong, with an accurate analysis and assessment of opinion in Hong Kong on the draft Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and Her Majesty's Government, and on the

arrangements for the future of Hong Kong which it will set out.

To this end the functions of the Assessment Office shall be as follows : after publication and distribution in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong Government of a White Paper containing the draft Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and Her Majesty's Government, and of an invitation to comment on its contents, the Assessment Office will:

(A)

(B)

receive all views expressed on the draft Agreement in writing directly to the Office, or indirectly through well established and familiar consultative channels in Hong Kong and the media;

collate, summarise, analyse and assess all such views expressed on the draft Agreement;

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