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WHITE PAPER AND COMPLETION OF AMENDMENTS TO YOUR LEGISLATION
AND TO LETTERS PATENT. WE WONDER IF THIS TIMESCALE IS A
LITTLE OPTIMISTIC. EVEN ASSUMING THAT THE WHITE PAPER HAS A
SMOOTH PASSAGE, WE RECALL THAT THE 1985 EXERCISE TO AMEND YOUR
LEGISLATION AND THE LETTERS PATENT WAS A VERY TIGHT ONE: GIVEN
YOUR SUBSEQUENT TIMETABLE LEADING UP TO THE LEGCO ELECTIONS IN
SEPTEMBER 1985, WE HAD VERY LITTLE ROOM FOR MANOEUVRE IN
FINALISING THESE AMENDMENTS. IT MIGHT, THEREFORE, BE HELPFUL
TO ALLOW AN EXTRA MONTH FOR THIS STAGE: PERHAPS BY ALLOWING
THE AMENDMENT EXERCISE TO RUN ON INTO MARCH 1988.
HOWE
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