Press Release
Hong Kong Letters Patent 1986
Hong Kong Additional Instructions 1986
Amendments to the Hong Kong Letters Patent and Royal Instructions are published in the Government Gazette today (22 August).
The Hong Kong Letters Patent 1986 amends Article XIII(1) of the existing Letters Patent by removing the technical requirement for a Government Lease to refer to the name of the Sovereign. This amendment is made so as to enable the new form of Government Lease, agreed by the Land Commission at its ninth meeting, to be used.
The amendment does not alter the present legal position regarding the ownership of all land in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Additional
Instructions 1986 amends Clause XXV of the existing Royal
existing Royal Instructions by providing that Ordinances may be enacted
enacted in English or Chinese. The intention is to enable Ordinances to be enacted in both languages instead of in English only. Proposals as to the
in which this is to be done will be made to Executive Council in the light of public discussion paper on Laws in Chinese.
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[A copy of the new form of Government Lease may be made available in response to media request.]
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