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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.

10. EACH ASSESSMENT TEAM WILL SUMMARISE THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN SUBMISSIONS PASSED TO IT IN A STANDARD FORMAT. THESE SUMMARIES WILL BE COLLATED BY THE HEAD OF EACH TEAM AND PASSED IN DAILY BATCHES TO THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER WITH A CONSOLIDATED REPORT. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS WILL COLLATE THE REPORTS FROM HIS ASSESSMENT TEAMS AND WILL PASS A CONSOLIDATED REPORT TO THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AT REGULAR INTERVALS. THE COMMISSIONER WILL CARRY OUT

A WEEKLY REVIEW OF THE OVERALL POSITION. DETAILED RECORDS WILL BE KEPT OF THE NUMBER, SOURCE AND NATURE OF ALL SUBMISSIONS

RECEIVED.

11. THE MONITORING TEAM WILL AGAIN WISH TO DECIDE HOW ITS

WANTS TO OBSERVE THESE STAGES OF THE PROCESSING OF SUBMISSIONS.

12. THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE WILL SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR A REPORT

WHICH WILL INCLUDE FACTUAL SUMMARIES OF ALL VIEWS EXPRESSED,

AND AN OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE EXTENT OF ACCEPTANCE BY THE

PEOPLE OF HONG KONG OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT. THE REPORT IN NARRATIVE FORM, WILL BE DRAFTED INITIALLY BY THE DEPUTY

COMMISSIONER. IT IS INTENDED THAT THE ASSESSMENT SHOULD BE

SUPPORTED BY SUBMISSIONS FROM MAJOR REPRESENTATIVE ORGANISATIONS

WHICH WILL BE ANNEXED TO THE REPORT.

ENDS.

A: GAO

D: HE,CS(2), FS,AG(2),S(GD)(7),PA (3), SHA,SDA,D/CAB(CS),PS/CH

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