21 JANUARY
(a)
Brief discussion with Deputy Chief Secretary, Alan Scott:
Mainly focussed on HKG thoughts for 1987 Review, as covered in
papers due for submission to EXCO 21 or 28 January. Scott
envisaged a submission on detailed proposals for 1987 Review
around December 1986, followed by Green Paper May 1987; the
latter would be a "genuine consultative document", ie without
specific options ог proposals; its content would (of course)
largely depend on where we felt we (and the Chinese) then
stood on the Basic Law.
to
The other main development in 1986 would of course be the
URBCO/REGCO elections in March. The former might cause some
problems in that District Board members were beginning
press for REGCO-type arrangements (ie inclusion of District Board Chairmen оп URBCO) while URBCO members preferred (of
course) the current system whereby they also sat on
on District
Boards. Only solution for now: see how the debate develops.
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