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CONFIDENTIAL

DRAFT

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REPORT

on the Work of the

Hong Kong Government Assessment Office

by

the Rt. Hon. Sir Patrick Nairne, GCB, MC, MA,

and

the Hon. Mr. Justice Simon LI Fook-sean

INTRODUCTION

1.

On 18 July 1984, in a Written Parliamentary

Answer, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth

Affairs announced the proposal to appoint a small independent

team (the Monitoring Team) to monitor the work of the

Assessment Office. The Answer explained that it was planned

to set up the Office, under the authority of the Governor

of Hong Kong, to collate and assess the views of the people

of Hong Kong on whatever agreement was reached with the

Chinese Government on the future of the territory. The

terms of reference of the Monitoring Team are set out

in Annex I.

2.

We were appointed as the members of the Monitoring

Team. We were accommodated in offices in the Supreme

Court Building in Hong Kong at a convenient distance from

the offices of the Assessment Office under the Commissioner,

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