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FM FCO 091815Z FEB 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INDE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 244 OF 9 FEBRUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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HONG KONG TELNO 308 AND PÉKING TELNO 199:
FUTURE OF HONG KONG: WORKING PAPER ON CONSTITUTIONAL
ARRANGEMENTS AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES
1. THIS WORKING PAPER HAS NOW BEEN APPROVED BY THE PRIME
MINISTER, SUBJECT TO TWO POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO FOLLOW. YOU MAY THEREFORE PASS IT TO EXCO FOR DISCUSSION ON 15 FEBRUARY.
2. MIFT CONTAINS A REVISED TEXT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT POINTS IN
TURS. MAIN CHANGES ARE.
(A) PARAGRAPH 2. AMENDED AS PROPOSED BY PEKING.
(B) PARAGRAPH 4.
AMENDED AS PROPOSED BY PEKING.
PRESUMABLY
WORKING PAPER ON PUBLIC SERVICE SHOULD ALSO BE AMENDED THUS
BEFORE ISSUE?
(C) PARAGRAPH 7.
(D) PARAGRAPH 11.
AMENDED AS PROPOSED BY PEKING AND HONG KONG.
INSERTED AS PROPOSED BY HONG KONG.
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(E) PARAGRAPHS 16, 17. AMENDED AS PROPOSED BY HONG KONG. (F) TERM 'CENTRAL PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT USED THROUGHOUT. PRESUMABLY OTHER WORKING PAPERS SHOULD BE SIMILARLY AMENDED?
3. WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED COLONIAL REGULATIONS IN PARAGRAPH 5, AS PROPOSED BY PEKING, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL INSTRUMENT. SOME OF THEM, AS NOTED IN THE WORKING PAPER ON PUBLIC SERVICE, WILL BE REPLACED BY SAR LAWS. OTHERS ARE ALREADY COVERED BY INTERNAL HONG KONG REGULATIONS OR WILL SIMPLY NOT BE APPLICABLE AFTER 1997. IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO
CLARIFY THIS WHEN INTRODUCING THE PAPER.
4. WE NOTE PARAGRAPH 6(1) OF HONG KONG TUR. THIS IS CLEARLY AN AREA THAT WILL NEED FURTHER CONSIDERATION.. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
THE PAPER, WE THINK THE INSERTION OF THE WORD 'ANY' IN
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