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DR S Y CHUNG'S PROPOSAL ON LIFE PEFRAGES FOR HONG KONG
1.
I attach a copy of Mr Stuart's minute about Dr Chung's proposal and of a minute by Mr Youde raising various questions which the proposal might raise.
2. We should be grateful for advice on the questions raised by Mr Youde as follows:
On (a) and (c)
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Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department
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DR S Y CHUNG'S PROPOSAL ON LIFE PEERAGES FOR HONG KONG
1. I attach a copy of Mr Stuart's minute about Dr Chung's proposal and of a minute by Mr Youde raising various questions which the proposal might raise.
2. We should be grateful for advice on the questions raised by Mr Youde as follows:
On (a) and (c)
Mr Rushford
On (c)
On (a)
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3. As we may need to provide a brief on this subject for the Prime Minister's visit to Hong Kong we should be grateful for an early reply.
P.M. Keely
10 December 1973
P M Kelly (Miss)
Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department
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From the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London S.W.1
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Thank you for your letter of 7 November.
I am very grateful to you for sending me the extract from the speech which you made in Legislative Council on 31 October.
I have read the extract with considerable interest, and have taken note of the ideas you expressed.
The Hon. Dr. S Y Chung, O.B.E.,
PhD, BSc, CEng, FIMechE, FIProdÉ, MBIM, JP
PO Box 5974,
Kowloon
Hong Kong.
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