布政司署
香港下亞畢道
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COU CR L/M 238/86
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496A
GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT
LOWER ALBERT ROAD
HONG KONG
Clinton Leeks, Esq
Hong Kong Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
FCO Whitehall, SWl ENGLAND
11 October 1986
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The Governor has asked me to draft a pamphlet
on the way in which the Executive Council works. A copy of the draft is enclosed. This will be a successor to "The Legislative Council: Behind the Scenes" written by that distinguished man of letters, A.L. Lang.
Paragraph 2 of page 5 includes a statement
that it would be unconstitutional for HMG to order the Governor to act contrary to the provisions of the Letters Patent and the Royal Instructions, but acknowledges the Secretary of State's right to issue instructions to supplement either or both.
The Law Draftsman, James O'Grady, is confident that this statement is correct but before we issue the booklet I would be grateful if you could ask the FCO legal advisers whether they would agree.
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(Alistair Lang)
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