CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 522
OF 130928Z APRIL 92
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
FW
076027
MDHIAN 0229
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HONG KONG TELNO 1034: LOCALISATION OF JP SYSTEM
1. WE AGREE THAT IN THEORY THE CHINESE SHOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE INNOCUOUS ADAPTATION OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM PROPOSED IN TUR.
2. IN REALITY HOWEVER THEY MIGHT WELL OBJECT ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE JP SYSTEM, DESPITE ITS SPECIAL HONG KONG CHARACTERISTICS, VERY MUCH SO A BRITISH INSTITUTION. TO LEAVE THE SYSTEM UNCHANGED AFTER 1997 WOULD NOT MARK THE SYMBOLIC SUBSTANTIAL BREAK WITH HKG PRACTICE WHICH THE CHINESE ARE SEEKING IN OTHER FIELDS. IN THIS CONNECTION WE NOTE THAT LU PING WAS QUOTED AS REFERRING TO AWARDS ''SIMILAR TO THE PRESENT''. THE CHINESE SHOULD CERTAINLY BE CONSULTED.
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