DSR 11 (Revised)
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FUTURE OF HONG KONG : LEGISLATION
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1.
Our negotiations with the Chinese are proceeding well
and we hope to be able to initial a draft agreement by
the end of September. We have been giving thought to the
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Legislature consequential on this and I attach a paper on
the form of the Kecessary legislation we will need to
enact by the end of June 1985 for consideration at the
OD (K) meeting on 12 September.
agrees, I will put the paper to QC with the intention of
giving instructions to Parliamentary Counsel soon after
the initialling of the agreement.
If the Sub-Committee
Enclosures-flag(s)..
2.
Parliament will have been given an opportunity to
debate the Agreement in December, before signature, and
we would hope that the legislation should not be
controversial.
We propose to leave the more
controversial aspects, such as the amendment of the
pointy Nationality Act, to one side, as legislation on these is will
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