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law and order, rather than a pre-occupation with the human

rights aspects. Martin Lee and Szeto Wah shared this

preoccupation. Mr Chen attributed this to the fact that, with the 1991 elections in mind, they wanted to reflect the

concerns of the grass roots. An encouraging straw in the

wind?

4.

Incidentally, I am not sure whether Ms Barrett has yet

produced a report on her recent visit to Hong Kong. But if

she has, I would be interested to see a copy.

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ARPANE

A R Paul

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