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legislators taking an agreed oath at round one

and it was

incumbent upon us to put to the

Chinese for

their

consideration the contents of

what might go into such an oath. He did not know

whether this would be a successful approach but

felt we could not refuse to go down this route.

19.

be

The Governor said he believed it would

helpful to put some ideas on this matter to

the Chinese side.

Their reaction to the

He noted the

proposals would indicate their sincerity in

moving forward on this front.

reservations of some Members on the proposal to

put forward a draft oath but he believed the

consensus of the Council was that we should do

so, and the version of the draft oath at the

annex which included the second form of wording

for

paragraph

3 should be submitted

Chinese side for consideration.

to the

POSSIBLE ATTENDANCE BEFORE THE COUNCIL

BY MR CHRISTOPHER HUM

the

had

The Governor said that if the timing of

seventeenth round of talks was confirmed he

suggested that Mr HUM attend the meeting of

the Council between rounds sixteen and seventeen,

to discuss progress to date and the way ahead.