PROCEDURE', AND THE LAST SENTENCE TO READ ANY AMENDMENTS WHICH
ARE SOUGHT (INSOFAR AS THESE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION, THE UNITED KINGDOM MEMORANDUM ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND THE SCHEDULE TO THE ACTO) WILL BE CONSIDERED BEFORE THE DRAFT
ORDER IS RE-PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL UNDER THE AFFIRMATIVE RESOLUTION
PROCEDURE':
(C) PARA. 3. WE DO NOT THINK THAT THE FIRST SENTENCE IS NECESSARY (WE NOTE THAT NO SUCH STATEMENT WAS MADE IN THE WHITE PAPER ON THE
DRAFT AGREEMENT). WE SUGGEST THAT THE THIRD SENTENCE SHOULD BE
REVISED TO END ... PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN HONG KONG', AND
THE REST OF THIS PARA. SHOULD BE RECAST TO READ -
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'IT ITENDS TO ALLOW AMPLE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO MAKE KNOWN THEIR
VIEWS BEFORE INITIATING THE FIRST DEBATES IN BOTH HOUSES ON THIS
WHITE PAPER AND THE ANNEXED DRAFT ORDER REFERRED TO IN THE PREVIOUS PARAPGRAPH. TO ASSIST THE PROCESS OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION
PARAGRAPHS 4 TO 6 OUTLINES THE BACKGROUND TO THE PROVISIONS WHICH
THE DRAFT ORDER WILL PUT INTO EFFECT AND PARAGRAPHS 7 TO 24 PROVIDE
A COMMENTARY ON THE DRAFT ORDER':
(D) PARA. 4. WE SUGGEST THE FIRST AND SECOND SENTENCES SHOULD READ
'THE JOINT DECLARATION ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG WAS ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXCHANGE OF MEMORANA BETWEEN HERE MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT AND
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT SETTING OUT THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS AS
TO THE STATUS OF BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS IN HONG
KONG AND RELATED ISSUES. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN ITS MEMORANDUM
STATED THAT ALL HONG KONG CHINESE COMPATRIOTS, WHETHER THEY ARE
HOLDERS OF THE 'BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS' PASSPORT OR
NOT, ARE CHINESE NATIONALS. WE CONSIDER THAT THE THIRD SENTENCE
SHOULD BE RECAST TO FOLLOW MORE CLOSELY THE WORDING OF THE SECOND
PARAGRAPH OF THE CHINESE MEMORANDUM. THE WORDS VIRTURE OF A'
SHOULD BE INSERTED BEFORE 'CONNECTION' IN LINE 12, AND A REFERENCE TO THE SECOND SENTENCE OF SUB-PARA. (3) OF THE UK MEMORANDUM SHOULD BE INSERTED AT THE END OF THE PENULTIMATE SENTENCE. WE SUGGEST ALSO THAT THE SECOND AND THIRD SENTENCES WHICH STATE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION SHOULD COME AT THE END OF THE PARA., 1.E. AFTER THE STATEMENT OF HMG'S POSITION:
(E) PARA. 5. WE DO NOT CONSIDER THAT THE FIRST SENTENCE IS NECESSARY, SINCE IT SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING THAT HMG WOULD HONOUR IN FULL ITS COMMITMENTS. WE SUGGEST THIS PARAGRAPH SHOULD BEGIN WITH
THE WORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
MEMORANDUM,', AND FOR CLARITY THE LAST 18 WORDS OF THE THIRD
SENTENCE SHOULD COME BEFORE 'ACQUIRED':
(F) PARA. 6. 'SET' IN THE FIRST SENTENCE SHOULD READ 'SETS'.
WE SUGGEST THAT 'IF' IN LINE 6 SHOULD BE REPLACED BY 'FOR PERSONS'
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