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OF 02110OZ FEBRUARY 93
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
PART ONE OF TWO PARTS:
CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: EXCO, 2 FEBRUARY.
SUMMARY
1. DECISION TAKEN TO PUT THE REMAINING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO LEGCO UNAMENDED.
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AGREEMENT ON THE PROPOSAL FOR DISTRICT AFFAIRS ADVISERS.
3. BRIEF STATEMENT ISSUED TO SAY THAT LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS WOULD BE PUT TO LEGCO, AS PLANNED, LATER THIS MONTH.
FURTHER EXCO STATEMENT TO BE AGREED FOR ISSUE WHEN THE LEGISLATION IS GAZETTED. DECISION THAT THIS SHOULD BE 12 FEBRUARY IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY SERIOUS PROPOSAL FROM THE CHINESE FOR TALKS.
5. PROPOSAL THAT SIR R.MCLAREN SHOULD SPEAK TO THE CHINESE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THIS WEEK TO SAY THAT WE ARE SORRY NOT TO HAVE RECEIVED A REPLY TO WHAT HE SAID ON 14 JANUARY, THAT WE REMAIN OPEN TO DISCUSSIONS WITHOUT PRE-CONDITIONS, THAT WE INTEND TO GAZETTE THE REMAINING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS ON 12 FEBRUARY AND THAT WE WILL GIVE THEM A COPY OF THE BILL BEFORE THEN.
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6. I SAID THAT THE ISSUES FOR DECISION BY THE COUNCIL WERE NOT EASY, NOT LEAST BECAUSE IT WAS HARD TO DISCUSS THEM ON THEIR MERITS, WE NEEDED TO DECIDE WHETHER TO AMEND MY PROPOSALS IN ANY SUBSTANTIAL WAY AND HOW TO ANNOUNCE ANY DECISION WHICH WE MIGHT ARRIVE AT.
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I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO REACH A DECISION TODAY, BUT I WAS LESS CONVINCED OF THE NEED TO ANNOUNCE
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