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(I) IN PARA 1 FIRST SENTENCE WOULD QUOTE SEPARATE UNQUOTE

BE A BETTER TERM THAN QUOTE DISTINCTIVE UNQUOTE?

(II) IN PARA 4 FOURTH SENTENCE WE SUGGEST ADDITION OF

QUOTE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT UNQUOTE AFTER QUOTE 1984

UNQUOTE. WE ALSO WONDER IF YOU WOULD WISH TO AVOID THE

TERM QUOTE NON-OFFICIAL UNQUOTE WITH A TERM SUCH AS QUOTE

NON-CIVIL SERVANT UNQUOTE? SIMILARLY WITH THE TERM QUOTE

OFFICIAL UNQUOTE IN PARA 5?

(III) IN PARA 6 SECOND SENTENCE, WE SUGGEST THAT THIS

FIRST REFERENCE TO DAYA BAY BE CLARIFIED BY ADDITION OF

QUOTE IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF

CHINA UNQUOTE AFTER QUOTE BAY UNQUOTE.

(IV) IN PARA 7 SECOND SENTENCE WOULD QUOTE ALMOST ALL

UNQUOTE BE A BETTER FORMULATION THAN QUOTE ALL BUT A FEW

UNQUOTE?

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(V) PARAS 8 12: THE 1987 REVIEW. IN PARA 9 SECOND

SENTENCE WE SUGGEST ADDITION OF QUOTE AN ELEMENT OF

UNQUOTE AFTER QUOTE WHETHER UNQUOTE. WE ARE ALSO

SOMEWHAT CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL GIVEN IN

PARAS 9 11 REGARDING HONG KONG OPINION ON THE DIRECT

ELECTIONS ISSUE. IN THE LIGHT OF THE LATE GOVERNOR'S

EXCHANGES IN PEKING ON 4 DECEMBER WE MAY BE SURE THAT THE

CHINESE WILL SCRUTINISE THESE PARAS MOST CAREFULLY FOR

ANY SIGN THAT WE ARE QUOTE LEADING UNQUOTE PUBLIC OPINION TO A PARTICULAR CONCLUSION. WHILE IT IS PLAIN TO US THAT

PARAS 9 11 DO TRY TO PRESENT A BALANCED VIEW OF THE

VARIOUS OPINIONS LIKELY TO BE PUT FORWARD NEXT YEAR, WE WOULD BE INCLINED TO RESTRICT OURSELVES TO SOMETHING MUCH

SHORTER. THIS WOULD BE QUITE APPROPRIATE IN A DOCUMENT

WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A REPORT ON THIS YEAR'S EVENTS

RATHER THAN A FORECAST OF NEXT YEAR'S.

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