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address address to which they should be sent. Sir Patrick

Nairne and Mr Justice Simon LI, have already begun their work of monitoring the assessment process. Let me urge again that everyone in Hong Kong should come forward with their views so that the British Parliament will, when the time comes, have

the fullest possible picture of the acceptability of the

of

agreement in Hong Kong. These views should be submitted by November 15 so that the report on them can be sent to London

before the end of that month.

4.

In presenting the agreement to this Council I said that one of its essential provisions was that the United Kingdom would continue to be responsible for the administration of Hong Kong until 1 July 1997. I also said that your government would continue to discharge its duty of governing Hong Kong in the interests of the community, and meet the community's essential needs so that everyone in Hong Kong will be encouraged to have faith in the future, because they can see that the government itself has that faith. It will be my purpose today to review in the light of that undertaking the government's plans for the coming year.

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5.

CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

(a) Green Paper on the Further Development of

Representative Government

(i) General

An important task during the year will be to take decisions on the proposals, and in particular those concerning the 1985 elections,

in the Green Paper on the

Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong.

16. The

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