TNAG-2731-FCO40-3937-Future-of-Hong-Kong-constitutional-development-1993 — Page 26

CONFIDENTIAL

MWB017/

RECL

-9 FEB 1993

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 174

OF 050946Z FEBRUARY 93

INDE

INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

p.a.Com. Deypt

69

140430

MDLIAN 2305

COMPENDIUM OF PROPOSALS FOR ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 94/95.

1. WHEN PUBLISHING THE COMPENDIUM ON 21 JANUARY, WE UNDERTOOK TO REFER FURTHER SUBMISSIONS TO LEGCO (SEE LAST PARA OF THE INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPENDIUM). WE HAVE SINCE:

(A) RECEIVED AUTHORISATION FROM TWO AUTHORS FOR THEIR SUBMISSIONS

TO BE INCLUDED IN THE COMPENDIUM. AS THE AUTHORISATIONS ARRIVED AFTER WE HAD GONE TO PRINT, THE SUBMISSIONS HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED:

(B) IDENTIFIED FOUR SUBMISSIONS, WHICH WERE INADVERTENTLY OMITTED

IN THE PROCESS OF ASSEMBLING SUBMISSIONS FROM VARIOUS OFFICES: AND

(C) RECEIVED 12 NEW SUBMISSIONS.

WE NOW PLAN TO PUBLISH THESE SUBMISSIONS THROUGH A SUPPLEMENT TO THE COMPENDIUM.

2. OUR PLAN IS TO RELEASE THE SUPPLEMENT ON 17 FEBRUARY, TOGETHER WITH A SIMPLE PRESS RELEASE. IT SEEMS TO US THAT WE SHOULD PASS AN ADVANCE SET OF THE SUBMISSIONS (WITH TRANSLATIONS) TO THE CHINESE, AS WE DID BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF THE COMPENDIUM. SUBJECT TO YOUR COMMENTS, WE PROPOSE TO ARRANGE FOR COPIES TO BE SENT TO PEKING BY HAND OF PILOT ON KA328, 13 FEBRUARY (ETD 0835: ETA 1130 PEKING TIME), AND SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF PEKING COULD HAND OVER ON 15 FEBRUARY.

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