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3 1 JUL1979
FROM F C O 301952Z JULY 79
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 612 OF 30 JULY.
INFO PEKING.
MY TELNO 602: NEW TERRITORIES LEASES.
deo Iowa 8
1. OUR CURRENT DRAFT DIFFERS FROM THE VERSION IN PARA. 1 OF YOUR TELNO 1058 IN THE FOLLOWING RESPECTS:
(A) IN THE PREAMBLE, WE HAVE 'HER PRIVY COUNCIL'' (RATHER
THAN 'THE PRIVY COUNCIL').
(B) CLAUSE 1 IS TITLED "CITATION, INTERPRETATION AND COMMENCEMENT'' WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUBSECTION AS FOLLOWS: (3) THIS ORDER SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE AND SHALL COME INTO OPERATION ON THE DAY ON WHICH IT IS SO
PUBLISHED":
(C) CLAUSE 2(1) READS: THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG (HEREIN- AFTER CALLED THE GOVERNOR) SHALL HAVE POWER TO GRANT A LEASE OF ANY LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES THAT MAY BE VESTED IN HER MAJESTY WITHOUT SPECIFYING ANY TERM FOR THE DURATION OF THE LEASE: AND ANY SUCH INDETERMINATE LEASE SHALL CONTINUE IN FORCE UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS DETERMINED OR FORFEITED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF OR ANY PROVISION OF LAW APPLICABLE THERETO."':
(D) CLAUSE 2 (2): DELETE ''OF HONG KONG'':
(E) CLAUSE 3: AFTER 'THE GOVERNOR'' DELETE ''OF HONG KONG'' IN EACH CASE.
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