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MDADAN 5452
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1627
OF 161045Z JUNE 92
ADVANCE COPY
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
LEGCO MOTION DEBATE ON OMELCO CONSENSUS.
Jane
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LEGCO MEMBER JIMMY MCGREGOR (HK DEMOCRATIC FOUNDATION) HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING MOTION FOR A LEGCO DEBATE ON 24 JUNE:
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'THAT THIS COUNCIL REAFFIRMS ITS ADHERENCE TO THE PROPOSED PACE OF DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SET OUT IN THE 1989 OMELCO CONSENSUS AGREEMENT AND REQUESTS THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO SEEK CHINESE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROPOSAL THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO LESS THAN HALF OF THE SEATS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTED BY UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE IN
1995'.
THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS WILL REPLY ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION. A WORKING DRAFT OF THE SCA'S SPEECH IS BEING FAXED TO HK DEPARTMENT, PEKING AND UKREP JLG: GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS DESKBY 18010OZ.
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IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT OTHER LEGCO MEMBERS MAY MOVE TO AMEND MCGREGOR'S MOTION TO MORE NEUTRAL TERMS. WE ARE NOT SURE AT THIS STAGE WHAT THE TERMS OF ANY AMENDMENT WOULD BE, ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN PRESS REPORTS THAT MEMBERS OF THE CO-OPERATIVE RESOURCES CENTRE WILL MOVE TO AMEND IT TO DELETE THE REAFFIRMATION OF THE OMELCO CONSENSUS. THUS WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR OPTIONS OPEN AT THIS STAGE ON HOW THE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WOULD VOTE. BUT THIS SHOULD NOT AFFECT THE MAIN SUBSTANCE OF THE DRAFT SPEECH (EXCEPT THE LAST PARAGRAPH).
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