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YOUR TELNO 201: ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG 1990

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AS REQUESTED IN TUR, WE HAVE RE-CONSULTED ALL RELEVANT BRANCHES AND HAVE THE FOLLOWING UPDATES ON OUR DRAFT OF THE REPORT.

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PARA 25, END OF FIRST SENTENCE:

PLEASE AMEND QUOTE DECEMBER 1990 UNQUOTE TO READ QUOTE JANUARY

1991 UNQUOTE

3. PARA 27: PLEASE REPLACE THE SECOND SENTENCE WITH QUOTE THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION, WHICH IS THE FIRST OF THE SERIES OF ELECTIONS, WAS HELD IN MARCH WITH 472 CANDIDATES COMPETING FOR 272 SEATS IN 19 DISTRICTS. LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE FOR DIRECT ELECTION TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR WAS ENACTED IN NOVEMBER 1990. UNQUOTE

4. PARA 30, SECOND SENTENCE: THE CONFIRMED GDP GROWTH RATE IN REAL TERMS FOR 1990 IS 2.4 PER CENT.

5. PARA 33, LAST SENTENCE: THE CONFIRMED INFLATION RATE FOR 1990 IS 9.9 PER CENT.

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PARA 40: PLEASE REPLACE THE LAST SENTENCE WITH: QUOTE ANOTHER WORKING PARTY SET UP AT THE SAME TIME TO STUDY THE USE AND PRACTICE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE IN HONG KONG CONTINUED ITS DELIBERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IT WILL BE MAKE AN INTERIM REPORT BEFORE THE SUMMER OF 1991. UNQUOTE

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7. PARA 54: PLEASE REPLACE THE LAST SENTENCE WITH: STAFF RESPONSE TOWARDS THE NEW PACKAGE WAS FAVOURABLE AS INDICATED BY THE LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS (OVER 6,500) RECEIVED DURING THE FIRST FOUR MONTH AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PACKAGE.

8. PARA 57, SECOND SENTENCE: PLEASE AMEND QUOTE EARLY IN 1991 UNQUOTE TO READ QUOTE DURING 1991

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