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SIR Y K PAO'S CALL ON THE PRIME MINISTER: 10 JUNE 1986
HONG KONG
Background
1.
Sir Y K Pao last called on the Prime Minister on
21 March 1986.
Implementation of the Joint Declaration/Joint Liaison
Group
2.
The first meeting of the Joint Liaison Group (JLG)
took place in London in July 1985; the second in Peking in
November 1985; and the third in Hong Kong in March 1986.
The fourth is scheduled for London between 22 and 25 July.
3. Following decisions in JLG III we and
we and the Chinese have
cooperated in securing Hong Kong's new status as a separate
contracting party to GATT.
Basic Law/Constitutional Development
4.
Kong
The first indirect elections to the Hong
Legislative Council took place last September. 24 out of a
total of 56 members are now indirectly elected. The other
32 members (officials and unofficials) are appointed by the
A Hong Kong Government review of further
developments will take place in 1987.
Governor.
5. The Chinese remain concerned at the pace and direction
of constitutional development in Hong Kong. Sir Y K has
periodically voiced these concerns (which he almost
certainly shares personally) as an unofficial spokesman for
We have been at pains to reassure senior
Chinese officials, and Sir Y K himself,
proceeding carefully and cautiously, but
the Chinese.
ignore Hong Kong opinion.
that we are
that we cannot
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