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Mr. Justice Simon Li,

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REPORT BY THE MONITORING TEAM

As I mentioned a day or two ago, I believe that

there would be advantage in our having a talk about the

way in which we should organize our report and the criteria

we should apply in seeking to reach the judgments we have

to make. This minute might serve as a basis for discussion.

Structure of the Report

2.

I passed to you about two weeks ago (making

clear that I was not seeking any immediate reaction) the

first draft of a possible structure of our report. What

view do you take of that ?

3.

It seems to me that we shall obviously need

sections relating to our appointment (Introduction); to

the nature of our monitoring task, and how we should

approach it; and to the programme of work we adopted.

In the present draft I have then proceeded to a final

That may be right, since

section headed "Conclusions".

I am sure that there will be merit in keeping our report

as short and succinct as possible. It is possible, however,

that we may need a section prior to Conclusions headed

/'General

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