§ Baroness Youngasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the result of the 1987 review of developments in representative government in Hong Kong.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Glenarthur)A survey office was established to invite, collect, collate and report on the response of the public to the Hong Kong Government's Green Paper,The 1987 Review of Developments in Representative Government. The survey office submitted its report to the Governor on 29th October. The independent monitors who were appointed to oversee the work of the office submitted their report to the Governor on 30th October. Copies of the two reports were tabled in the Legislative Council in Hong Kong today. Copies have also been placed in the Library of the House. The reports will now be carefully considered prior to publication by the Hong Kong Government of a White Paper in the new year.