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MS Mayor
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to be a
dangerous chep to let loose in China.
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side of the
house,
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Simonsbath, Exmoor
Somerset TA24 7SH
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Crosse Wyatt
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1998
064383-648
BY FAX: 01- 210 6304. 4 (four) pages in all.
9 April 1990
Rod Vye, esq.,
Asia Research Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Dear Rod,
ic Mr Stale; HKD)
Mr Wrobel is koming
in on 2414 to discus China He would also
like to discuss the HIS
aspects (as set out here); would you (ar sameone else in HKD) He
free 65. see him at
amud 3.30pm?
bach come
1. I look forward to seeing you for lunch on Wednesday 11 April at 12.30. This fax is to give you some idea of what I will be seeking to do in China and Hongkong. All ideas are preliminary.
2. Background: As you know, at a meeting in Beijing in 1988 with the Secretary-General of the Commission of Legislative Affairs of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the possibility of future dialogue was discussed. I was told at the Foreign Affairs College of the Foreign Ministry, moreover, that they would be interested in hearing more from me about basic European conceptions of human rights. I believe that the present is the right time to think of renewing contact, albeit in a way which suits the times. Thus, I would hope to discuss in both HK and Beijing whether there are training needs for government servants in either place during the transition period before the PRC takes over the territory in 1997. I have been told that the Chief Secretary in HK is concerned with these issues.
3. Section 1V of the annex to the JD provided for the continuation in Hongkong of an impartial, stable and effective public service as an essential factor in ensuring the stability and prosperity of the SAR. This could suggest that training needs might apply in both directions, with government servants from each place possibly wanting in due course to know more about the other system. I recognise the sensitivity of this proposition. I hope to examine whether there is a way forward here on the UK side for either or both the Royal Institute of Public Administration and the all-party Parliamentary Human Rights Group.
Ardeals
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