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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 372
OF 09123OZ FEBRUARY 89
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
BASIC LAW: POLITICAL GROUPS IN HONG KONG.
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1. WITH THE ENQUIRY BY THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE INTO HONG KONG IN MIND, WE PROPOSE TO PREPARE A BACKGROUND PAPER ON THE VARIOUS POLITICAL GROUPS WHICH HAVE EMERGED IN HONG KONG AND WHICH TAKE A KEEN INTEREST IN THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW (SUCH AS THE GROUP OF 191, THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL GROUP ETC ETC). WE ENVISAGE THAT THIS WOULD LIST THE MAJOR GROUPS AND GIVE A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURE OF MEMBERSHIP OF EACH GROUP AND THEIR PARTICULAR CONCERNS.
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THIS PARTICULAR INFORMATION IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO US AND WE WOULD THEREFORE BE MOST GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD UNDERTAKE TO PREPARE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE NOTES ON THE MAJOR GROUPS AS OUTLINED ABOVE.
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