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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 120

OF 12085OZ JANUARY 86

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FOLLOWING FOR GALSWORTHY, HONG KONG DEPARTMENT FROM

GOVERNOR.

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MY TELNO 112 : WISHT TO LONDON

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1. HN MY TELNO 112 ♪ HAVE REFERRED TO THE JUDICIARY. THIS IS A QUESTION OF SOME CONCERN TO ME.

THE HARD FACTS ARE THAT IT IS AT PRESENT ALMOST ENTIRELY EXPATRIATE: THAT CONTINUATION OF PRESENT POLICIES WOULD LEAD, IF ANYTHING, TO IT BECOMING MORE SO: AND THAT EVEN WITH SOME EXCEPTIONAL MEASURES (WHICH I AM NOW CONSIDERING WITH THE CHIEF JUSTICE) DOUBT VERY MUCH WHETHER WE CAN HOPE FOR A JUDICIARY OF WHICH EVEN HALF THE MEMBERS WOULD BE HONG KONG CHINESE BY 1997.

2. MY SECOND CONCERN IS THAT THE EXISTING INCUMBENTS ARE PRESSING FOR ARRANGEMENTS WHICH EXTEND THEIR RETIRING AGES: ONE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS COULD BE THE DEPARTURE OF ABOUT A THIRD OF THE SENIOR JUDICIARY IN THE YEARS JUST BEFORE 1997. THESE ARE THE KIND OF ISSUES WHICH AM DISCUSSING WITH THE CHIEF JUSTICE. THE FUTURE OF THE JUDICIARY IS VERY MUCH A MATTER FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND WOULD THEREFORE LIKE TO HAVE A TALK WITH HIM ON IT. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE MAY NEED SOME HEROIC DECISIONS.

YOUDE

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SiR W. HARDING

MR WILSON

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15 JAN 1986

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