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FUTURE OF HONG KONG: TEST OF ACCEPTABILITY: DESTRUCTION OF

SUBMISSIONS TO THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE

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THE DESTRUCTION OF SUBMISSIONS TOOK PLACE THIS MORNING WITNESSED

BY JUSTICE SIMON LI AND SUPERVISED BY TSAO, SECRETARY FOR

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION.

2. AT 10 A.M. TODAY 44 SEALED CARTONS OF SUBMISSIONS WERE

INDIVIDUALLY SIGNED BY LI AND REMOVED FROM THE STRONG ROOM TO THE

GOVERNMENT INCINERATING PLANT AT KENNEDY TOWN.

3. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE INCINERATING PLANT, LI CHECKED HIS

SIGNATURES AND OPENED A RANDOM SAMPLE OF 14 OF THE 44 BOXES. HAVING

EXAMINED THE CONTENTS OF THESE BOXES, HE EXPRESSED HIMSELF

SATISFIED THAT THE DOCUMENTS TO BE DESTROYED WERE THE SUBMISSIONS

MADE THE THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE. THE CARTONS WERE LOADED INTO THE

INCINERATOR AT 11.30 A.M.

4. IN ADDITION TO LI AND TSAO, THE WHOLE PROCESS WAS ALSO WITNESSED

BY G.W. ROWLAND, MANAGER OF THE GOVERNMENT INCINERATING PLANT AND

20 MEMBERS OF THE PRESS.

5. THE FOLLOWING PAPERS ARE RETAINED IN THE ARCHIVIST'S OFFICE:

(A) NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS AND VIDEO AND AUDIO TAPES CONTAINING

MEDIA REPORTS ON THE ASSESSMENT OF SUBMISSIONS AND

MONITORING OF THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS SEMICOLON AND

(B) ORIGINAL SUBMISSIONS ALREADY PUBLISHED IN THE ASSESSMENT

REPORT.

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