TNAG-1588-FCO40-2173-Hong-Kong-politically-sensitive-issues-1986 — Page 14

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SES items

(iii)

Daya Bay will also be sensitive in Hong Kong-UK terms, not least because of its

its potential effect on UK-French relations.

SMA items

(iv) A new Banking Ordinance

interest shareholders

here;

may

may be of Parliamentary and compensation

carry

for

implications

OTB

for

UK-Malaysia relations.

SMS items

(v)

UC-Urban DB relationships may be of interest here because of their link to the constitutional development issue.

S for S items

(vi)

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Police localisation and morale will be important here (not only in the HMOCS context), as will the rundown of the garrison (not only in the Gurkha context). Homosexuality and capital punishment are both potentially very sensitive Parliamentary issues here.

Others

(vii)

4.

Amendments to the

the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (see (a)(ii) above) might also be of interest Parliament here.

in

My apologies for increasing your list even further by these amendments. But this is a useful exercise, and we want to mak e it as thorough as possible. We look forward to the next instalment in three months' time.

9 July 1986

Y

ever,

Citt

CO Hum

Hong Kong Department

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