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TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 137

OF 13101OZ JANUARY 87

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YOUR TELNO 10: ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT

THE FOLLOWING ARE OUR FINAL COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT TEXT OF

THE REPORT CARRIED BY SHIPLEY.

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A) PARA. 3 LAST LINE : INSERT THE WORD 'VIETNAMESE BEFORE THE

WORD 'REFUGEES''.

B)

PARA. 12, 7TH SENTENCE: THERE SHOULD BE NO PERCENTAGE SIGN AFTER THE NUMBER ''57.58 HECTARES''.

C) PARA. 17, 2ND SENTENCE: WE WOULD PREFER TO REPLACE THE WORD ''GUARANTEE BY THE WORD INDICATE''.

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D) PARA. 23, 2ND SENTENCE: THE WORD ISLAND SHOULD HAVE A

CAPITAL LETTER.

E) PARA. 28: DELETE THE FINAL SENTENCE. SOME URBAN COUNCILLORS ARE OPPOSED TO THE SUGGESTION THAT THE 1987 GREEN PAPER SHOULD DISCUSS POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE POSITION OF THE COUNCIL. WHILST WE DO NOT ACCEPT THEIR VIEW, ON REFLECTION WE FEEL IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE TO AVOID INVOKING THEIR ADVERSE REACTION IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS REPORT.

F) PARA. 29, FIRST SENTENCE: MEMBERS OF EXCO CONSIDERED THE REPORT THIS MORNING (13 JANUARY) AND REQUESTED THAT THE WORDS

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! LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL' BE REPLACED BY THE WORD 'COMMUNITY'.

1 AGREE.

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G) 4TH SENTENCE : RE-WORD AS FOLLOWS THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS NOT TAKEN ANY VIEW ON THE POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF THE 1987 REVIEW''.

H) PARA. 36, 2ND SENTENCE : REPLACE THE WORD ''SUPPORTED' BY THE WORD ENDORSED''.

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I) PARA. 42, FIRST SENTENCE : AMEND '13 PER CENT' AND ''NINE MONTHS' * TO '15 PER CENT AND TEN MONTHS' RESPECTIVELY.

J) FINAL SENTENCE: AMEND NINE MONTHS''

''ABOUT 5 PER CENT' TO ''10 PER CENT'' 1

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TO ''TEN MONTHS' AND

K) PARA. 43, 2ND SENTENCE: AMEND TO READ IN THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER

-NOVEMBER 1986, THE SEASONALLY-ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 2.4

PER CENT AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.2 PER CENT.''

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