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Le system of land control by covenant would not
be effecrid and the power to resume under the Resumption Ordin-
ance wild remain.
((vi) Milst this might be more acceptable to China,
it would probably not boost commercial confidence so well
as a post-1997 lease simpliciter even if the curbs were stated to run beyond 1997. No doubt much would depend upon who was the first tenant and what was read into this.
I must add that I am not a specialist Conveyancing Lawyer and therefore before important decisions were finalised it would be wise for me to confirm with such a specialist that I have
not overlooked any problem.
Годи John Griffiths
(John Griffiths Q.C.)
Attorney General 2nd July 1980.