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Hong Kong. The comments, so far as they were
considered va.
valid,
draft Bill.
were included in the new
6. The bodies whose comments were summarised
in the Memorandum to the Executive Council
were (apart from the FCO): -
The Exchange Banks Association
The Hong Kong Bar Association
The Hong Kong Law Society
Members of the Judiciary
The Hong Kong/Chinese Civil
Servants Association.
The Association of European
Civil Servants.
The Senior Non-expatriate
Officers Association
The District Commissioner, New
Territories.
7. The Executive Council advised that the
revised Bill be introduced into the
Legislative Council. This was followed by:-
(i) Talks between the Department and
the Governor in December, 1969.
(ii) Further correspondence with the
Attorney-General, Hong Kong, in
December, 1969, and January-March,
1970, in which the Hong Kong
authorities were warned that
certain features of the Bill would
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require submission to Ministers.
on this subject (iii) The formal submission by the
is his telegram
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(Annex D)
Governor of his views to be put
before Ministers (Annex C)
(iv) Further talks with the Attorney-
General, Hong Kong, in August,
1970.
8. The latent communication