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YOUR TELNO 3698 AND OUR TELNO 2505: ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG

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IN ORDER TO INFORM PARLIAMENT OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR

PUBLICATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT, WE SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING

INSPIRED PQ WHICH WAS ANSWERED TODAY:

ANSWER:

QUESTION: TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND

COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS WHEN HE EXPECTS TO PUBLISH THE

ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT ON HONG KONG.

THE SECOND ANNUAL REPORT WILL BE PUBLISHED AS A WHITE

PAPER IN THE MISCELLANEOUS SERIES. IT WILL COVER THE

PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 1985, THE END OF THE PERIOD

COVERED BY THE FIRST REPORT, TO THE END OF THIS YEAR.

I HOPE TO LAY IT BEFORE THE HOUSE EARLY IN 1987. IN

THE FUTURE, REPORTS WILL COVER CALENDAR YEARS.

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HONG KONG AGREEMENT:

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RESEARCH DEPT (FE)

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MR WILSON

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