TNAG-1439-FCO40-1923-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 79

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PAPER NO. 2: HONG KONG OPINION ON THE 1987 REVIEW OF

DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

1. Her Majesty's Government have given a commitment to the United Kingdom Parliament

Parliament that there will be a review in

1987 of the present system of representative government in

Hong Kong.

2.

This paper sets out:

(a) the issues

which,

in accordance with the

White Paper of 1984, are to be covered in the

1987 review;

(b) an assessment of the present state of opinion

in Hong Kong on those issues.

This paper is not intended as a definitive statement of the present state of opinion in Hong Kong on those issues and should not be So construed. The paper does not seek to

forecast the weight of opinion which may

may favour various

courses of action in 1987. Public discussion of these

issues will of course continue in the territory and opinions

may change by the time the Green Paper (a consultative document) is published (probably during the Spring of 1987) and subsequently in the light of that Green Paper itself.

BASIS AND SCOPE OF THE REVIEW

3.

The basis for the 1987 review is the conclusions of the 1984 White Paper. The following items are therein recorded

as carried forward for the 1987 review:

(a) a review to assess progress made in the development of Representative Government;

(para 46(h))

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