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4. THE SELECT COMMITTEE WILL HOLD ITS FIRST FORMAL MEETING ON 2 MARCH. ALTHOUGH ITS PRIORITIES WOULD GENERALLY BE SIMILAR TO OURS, THE COMMITTEE IS STILL FINALISING ITS WORK PROGRAMME (COPY OF CURRENT DRAFT FOLLOWS BY FAX). WE BELIEVE THE COMMITTEE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO PROSPECTIVE CHANGES TO THE 1995 LEGCO ARISING FROM THE NEED TO CONVERGE WITH THE BASIC LAW. WHILST THE COMMITTEE WILL BE FREE TO DECIDE ON ITS AGENDA, WE WILL MAINTAIN THE LINE THAT, BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINT AND OTHER MORE PRESSING PRIORITIES, HKG'S CURRENT REVIEW WILL NOT COVER CONVERGENCE ISSUES (PARA 4 OF OUR TELNO 3450 OF 1991).

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