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5.
The reference to
to "control of
of the judiciary" may be a reference
to the possibility of a Bill being prepared to provide under law for
the
If so, the
Bill is at a very early stage, and we have yet to be consulted upon
it: for these reasons I do not think we should refer to this
possibility in our reply to Mr Lawrence.
separation of the judiciary from the Government.
b.c. Ehrman
rr
A C Galsworthy
2 July 1985
Hong Kong Department
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