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JAKARTA FOR WILSON AUSS
YOUR TELNOS 2298-2300: MEETING OF OD(K) : PREPARATION OF PAPERS :
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
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SUBJECT TO SOME MINOR COMMENTS SET OUT IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS, I AM CONTENT WITH THE GREATER PART OF THE DRAFT PAPER IN YOUR SECOND AND THIRD TURS. HOWEVER, I CONSIDER THE FINAL SECTION ON **PROSPECTS*' TO BE FAR TOO BLAND. TIME IS NOW RUNNING SHORT. WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT PROBLEMS THE 1987 REVIEW WILL POSE AND WE MUST SET THEM OUT CLEARLY FOR MINISTERS. MIFT CONTAINS
A REDRAFT OF PARAGRAPH 28 ONWARDS.
2.
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MY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE PAPER ARE AS FOLLOWS :
PARA. 3.
THE FIFTH SENTENCE IS TRUE FOR THE URBAN BUT NOT
FOR THE REGIONAL COUNCIL. 1 SUGGEST IT BE REPLACED BY SOMETHING
ON THE LINES OF ''BOTH CONTAIN A MIXTURE OF APPOINTED AND ELECTED
MEMBERS''.
B)
PARA 4. WAS TO ......
C)
THE SECOND SENTENCE TO BEGIN 'ONE OF ITS STATED AIMS
PARA 5(11). REPLACE APPOINTED UNOFFICIAL'' BY ''OTHER APPOINTED''.
D)
PARA 15. DELETE THE SECOND HALF OF THE SECOND SENTENCE
AFTER **NARROWLY-BASED''. THIS CRITICISM REALLY APPLIES TO THE
OUTCOME OF DIRECT ELECTIONS AT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL/URBAN COUNCIL AND DB LEVEL.
E)
PARA. 17. REPLACE ''NO'' BY ''ANY'' BEFORE ''GREATER'' IN
LINE 2.
F)
PARA. 18. ADD **(ALTHOUGH THE FORM OF ELECTION IS NOT
STATED)**
** AFTER ''ELECTIONS.''
G)
PARA. 20. ADD AT THE END OF THE PENULTIMATE SENTENCE **WITH
POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS RESULTS FOR THE STABILITY OF HONG KONG.''
AND OMIT LAST SENTENCE.
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