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FOR HONG KONG DEPARTMENT

FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF. PEPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. TIMETABLE FOR 1987 REVIEW IS AT PRESENT SEEN AS IN FOLLOWING PARAGPAPHS. YOU WILL NOTE THAT IT PROVIDES FIVE CLEAR MONTHS FOR THE EXPRESSION OF PUBLIC OPINION AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE GREEN PAPER, AND SIX MONTHS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES BETWEEN COMPLETION OF NECESSARY LEGISLATION AND THE 1988 ELECTIONS.

2. FOR CONVENIENCE OF COMPARISON, THE TIMETABLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE BASIC LAW, AS STATED BY THE CHINESE, IS ALSO SET OUT.

3. YOUR COMMENTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.