INVOLVEMENT' IN THE LAST SENTENCE AS IMPROPER.
REGARD THEMSELVES AS OUTSIDE.
THEY DO NOT WE SUGGEST REDRAFTING THE SENTENCE TO "... INSTITUTIONS EXCLUSIVELY FROM WITHIN THE SARTI
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(VI) PARAGRAPH 9: WE SUGGEST THAT THE WORDS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG SHOULD BE DROPPED. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH WE ARE PROPOSING A REFERENDUM IN EACH CASE. PRESUMABLY THE SAR LEGISLATURE WOULD BE COMPETENT
TO MAKE SUCH DECISIONS.
VIL) PARAGRAPH 10: WE THINK THAT THE SENTENCE SHOULD BE REDRAFTED: "THEIR ELECTION WOULD BE NOTIFIED TO THE CHINESE COVERNMENT AND THEIR APPOINTMENT SUBJECT TO ITS FORMAL CONFIRMATION. IN PRACTICE, WE CONSIDER IT LIKELY THAT THE CHINESE WILL INSIST THAT THE FORMAL APPOINTMENT AT LEAST OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE SHOULD BE DONE BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. (VIE) PARAGRAPH 11: AS STATED IN MY TELEGRAM NO 104, WE CONSIDER IT ESSENTIAL TO RETAIN THE FINAL SENTENCE OF THE FORMULA IN HONG KONG TELNO 113 ( THE APPOINTMENT WOULD BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED UNLESS FORMAL OBJECTIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE LATTER WITHIN .....DAYS ). (IX) PARAGRAPH 16: AS AT PRESENT DRAFTED, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE WORDS ALL THE ABOVE # 1 INCLUDE THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS. THIS WOULD SURELY BE INCONSISTENT WITH PARAGRAPH 5 OF THE PAPER. ME SUGGEST THAT THE WORDS ALL THE ABOVE BE REPLACED BY T''THE REGIONAL COUNCILS AND DISTRICT BOARDS".
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(X) PARAGRAPH 17: THE WORD COMPRISE IS SURELY WRONG, THE GOVERNMENT WILL INCLUDE OTHER ELEMENTS, AS, FOR INSTANCE, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE. WE SUGGEST THAT IT DE REPLACED BY **INCLUSE
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