TNAG-2080-FCO40-2960-Hong-Kong-politically-sensitive-issues-1991 — Page 96

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Issue

CONFIDENTIAL

20

Objective/explanation

Present status/progress

China

interest

UK

interest

Secretary for Constitutional Affairs (Cont'd)

Political Development

Further development of representative government before 1997; convergence with Basic Law; political structure of SAR :

formation of first SAR Government.

(c) The question of UK acceding to the Optional Protocol to the

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and applying it to Hong Kong is being considered by

HMG.

HKG announced its decision on the constitutional reforms for 1991 on 21 march 1990, Legislative drafting, including

amendments to the Letters Patent and Royal

Instructions, to provide for these reforms are in hand.

CONFIDENTIAL

X

X

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