TNAG-1439-FCO40-1923-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 175

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SECRET

FROM: CO HUM,

HKD

DATE: 25 March 1986

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Dr Wilson

必

Kayden

私せん

Mr Laydon Rapter 26/1

MY LEER SCG 26/3

Mr Smith 727/3

Mr Hom agama

HKK 011/1

HECEVED IN REGISTRY

1 APR 1986

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

PA

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND THE BASIC LAW

REGISTRY Action Taken

AgB1/14

1.

You will be interested to see the

attached

informal meeting of ExCo on 12 March. This was,

the first of a series planned by the

Governor

note of an

I believe,

to enable

review of

members to discuss issues arising from the 1987

representative government, the drafting of the Basic Law and the issue of "convergence".

2.

The record of discussion is largely self-explanatory,

but the following points deserve to be noted:

(i) On the future functions of the Governor/Chief

Executive, the views

Governor (para 2) are I

to our own than some he

past:

expressed by

the

think somewhat closer

has expressed in the

(ii) ExCo's views on the same point (para 3) are

Some a re at variance with our own.

mixed.

But the wording of the record is designed

steer them back on to more reliable ground.

to

(iii) A majority of members

believe (para 6) that

there would have to be a directly elected

element offered in the

SECRET

1987 review.

The