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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 3364
OF 110554Z OCTOBER 89
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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042727 MDHIAN 9273
MY LEGCO ADDRESS: MY FIFTH IPT: JLG.
TEXT OF THE EXTRACT ON (QUOTE) JLG (UNQUOTE) IS AS FOLLOWS: BEGINS
(D) THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP
48. MUCH OF THE DETAILED WORK ON IMPLEMENTING THE JOINT DECLARATION TAKES PLACE IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP (JLG). THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE JLG DURING THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAVE CONTRIB- UTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE MAINTENANCE OF CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG. THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE CONTACTS AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. INEVITABLY, THESE CONTACTS WERE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED IN JUNE. THE GROUP HAS RECENTLY RESUMED ITS ACTIVITIES AND WILL NOW MEET AGAIN IN DECEMBER. I HOPE THAT IT WILL THEN, AS PREVIOUSLY, PRODUCE A STEADY STREAM OF SOLID WORK. MUCH STILL REMAINS TO BE DONE BEFORE 1997.
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THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE JLG HAS OFTEN LED TO MISUNDERSTANDINGS IN HONG KONG ABOUT ITS ROLE AND ACTIVITIES. FROM TIME TO TIME IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS. TAKE DECISIONS IN THE JLG IN WHICH HONG KONG PLAYS NO PART. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS IS NOT THE CASE. TWO MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG ADMINISTRATION SIT AS MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH SIDE OF THE JLG AND MANY MORE ATTEND IT MEETINGS. ALL SUBJECTS ON THE AGENDA OF JLG MEETINGS ARE THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED BEFOREHAND BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS. AND THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IS KEPT FULLY INFORMED OF ALL PROCEEDINGS AND IS CONSULTED ON ALL MAJOR ISSUES OF POLICY. HONG KONG MAKES A FULL CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK OF THE JLG. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
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