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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1481
OF 041445Z OCTOBER 85
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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HONG
MY 8 IPTS AND YOUR TELNOS 1874, 1875 AND 1880:
KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL
FOLLOWING COMMENTS REFER TO AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY YOU IN TURS.
YOUR TELNO 1875. WE TAKE MISS MARIA TAM'S ARGUMENT.
HAVE AMENDED ARTICLE 4(3) ACCORDINGLY AND HAVE ALSO MADE A
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 6(1).
1.
WE
YOUR TELNO 1874. YOUR PARAGRAPH LETTERING.
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1
2.
I.
GENERAL
A. DISAGREE. WE HAVE SET OUT IN FULL THE VARIOUS NATIONALITY
TERMS WHERE THEY FIRST APPEAR IN THE WHITE PAPER AND THERE IS NO
NEED TO REPEAT THIS ON EVERY SUBSEQUENT REFERENCE:
B•
DISAGREE. THERE IS NO OTHER HONG KONG ACT. THE FULL TITLE
IS GIVEN IN THE FIRST LINE OF THE WHITE PAPER AND IS NOT
THEREFORE CONSIDERED NECESSARY THEREAFTER.
C. AGREED. WE HAVE INSERTED A FOOTNOTE TO THE COMMENTARY
EXPLAINING THAT REFERENCES IN THE TEXT TO THE MASCULINE GENDER
INCLUDE THE FEMININE. WE HAVE ALSO INSERTED 'OR SHE' AND 'OR
HER' WHERE APPROPRIATE, EXCEPT FOR THE SECOND SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 15 SINCE SECTION 23(1)B OF THE BNA 1981 REFERS ONLY TO
'HE' AND 'HIS':
D.
AGREED.
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