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Hong Kong or London for agreeing to the
measure, such criticism will have to be
answered on the grounds that corruption in
Hong Kong presents special problems and that
the proposals to deal with it have been given
wide publicity and have been accepted by the
responsible local authorities as the minimumte
necessary to deal with the situation.
Moreover, if when the Bill is introduced into
Legislative Council the inclusion of Clause
10 arouses serious public concern in Hon
the clause can be dropped at the
Committee Stage without embarrassment either
to HMG or to the Hong Kong Government.
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