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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 03103OZ FCO
TELNO 2710
OF 030935Z DECEMBER 85
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
WIR
YOUR TELNO 1680 : HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED :
LOCALIZATION OF LAWS
1. THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PARA. 13 OF THE ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG
KONG WHICH WILL BE LAND BEFORE PARLIAMENT LATER IN DECEMBER STATES
THAT HONG KONG WILL ASK FOR ORDER IN COUNCIL TO BE MADE, UNDER THE HONG KONG ACT 1985, ENABLING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO ENACT
LOCAL LEGISLATION TO REPLACE UK LAWS WHICH AT PRESENT APPLY TO
HONG KONG.'' THE CHINESE HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF OUR INTENTION TO
DO THIS. WE THEREFORE FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE SENSIBLE IF PEKING
WERE TO INFORM THEM BEFORE THE ANNUAL REPORT IS PUBLISHED.
2. THIS COULD BE DONE BY HANDING TO THEM A PAPER ON THE LINES OF THE
DRAFT IN OUR TELNO 2239. ALTERNATIVELY, AND PERHAPS PREFERABLY,
PEKING COULD SIMPLY SAY THAT LOCALIZATION OF UK LEGISLATION AFFEC-
TING HONG KONG WOULD CLEARLY BE NECESSARY, THAT THE ANNUAL REPORT
WILL CONTAIN A GENERAL REFERENCE TO THIS AND THAT WE WOULD BEFORE
THE NEXT JLG MEETING PUT TO THEM FOR INFORMATION A PAPER SETTING
OUT OUR INTENTIONS IN MORE DETAIL.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
D/HD PUSD
MR WILSON
CONFIDENTIAL
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
• 3 DEC 1985
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