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FM FC 0 270948Z FEB 85
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
:
TELEGRAM NUMBER 327 OF 27 FEBRUARY 1985
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
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RECEIVED IN LAUKIAI 2 8 FEB 1935
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OUR TELNO 324: AMENDMENTS TO LETTERS PATENT AND ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS
AND LEGCO (ELECTORAL PROVISIONS) BILL
1. FURTHER TO OUR TUR, THE FOLLOWING ARE ONE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT TO
THE DRAFT LETTERS PATENT AND SEVERAL ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE
DRAFT ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS. THESE AMENDMENTS EITHER ARE MINOR OR ARISE FROM THE DECISION TO INCLUDE A POWER TO DISSOLVE LEGCO IN THE DRAFT
LEGISLATION:
2. OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO DRAFT AMENDING LETTERS PATENT ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
BEGINS
IN NEW ARTICLE VI(3) (CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 2) DELETE THE WORD
'ELECTED' AND SUBSTITUTE THE FOLLOWING:
'SUBJECT TO ANY INSTRUCTIONS UNDER OUR SIGN MANUAL AND SIGNET,
ELECTED'.
ENDS
3. OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO DRAFT ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
BEGINS
نس
SUBSTITUTE THE FOLLOWING FOR CLAUSE 8:-
'ADDITION OF NEW CLAUSES XXIA AND XXIB TO THE PRINCIPAL
INSTRUCTIONS.
8. THE PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE AMENDED BY ADDING, IMMEDIATELY
AFTER CLAUSE XXI, THE FOLLOWING:
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SITTINGS AND SESSIONS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
XXIA.(1) THE SITTINGS AND SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHALL
BE HELD AT SUCH TIMES AND PLACE AS THE GOVERNOR SHALL FROM TIME TO
TIME APPOINT BY PROCLAMATION PUBLISHED IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
GAZETTE.
(2) THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE LAST SITTING OF ONE SESSION OF THE
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