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FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 4195

OF 19043OZ DECEMBER 86

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING,

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OUR TELNO 4120 AND 4132 : ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT

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FOLLOWING CONSIDERATION. BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR WE WOULD LIKE

TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING SLIGHT CHANGES TO THE TEXTS ALREADY SENT TO

YOU.

A)

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT (FIRST TUR)

PARAGRAPH 5, SECOND SENTENCE. THE FIGURE 46** SHOULD BE

**45'' BEING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS EXCLUDING THE GOVERNOR AS

PRESIDENT. THE ERROR IN LAST YEAR'S REPORT IS REGRETTED.

PARAGRAPH 5, THIRD SENTENCE. PLEASE AMEND TO READ THE COUNCIL ALSO MOVED TO A NEW CHAMBER, PHYSICALLY SEPARATE FROM THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, AND MET WEEKLY INSTEAD OF EVERY

TWO WEEKS''.

B)

PERFORMANCE OF THE ECONOMY (SENT BY BAG)

THE PUBLIC FINANCES

THE MISSING FIGURE IN THE FINAL SENTENCE SHOULD BE ''1.5

PERCENT '1

C)

SOCIAL PROGRAMMES

EDUCATION

1) 1ST PARAGRAPH, FOURTH SENTENCE. PLEASE DELETE THE WORD

''SUBSIDISED''. THE WORD 'IS'' SHOULD READ IN**

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PARAGRAPH 3, FOURTH SENTENCE. REPLACE **MID-1990S'' BY

''EARLY 1990S''

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