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WE THEREFORE PROPOSE THAT ALL OF PARAS 9, 10 AND
11 AFTER THE SECOND SENTENCE OF PARA 9 SHOULD BE DELETED
AND REPLACED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
QUOTE OPINION ON THE ISSUE IS DIVIDED. THE HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT HAS NOT TAKEN ANY VIEW ON WHAT THE OUTCOME OF
THE 1987 REVIEW SHOULD BE. ITS AIM WILL BE TO SEEK THE
WIDEST POSSIBLE PUBLIC RESPONSE, SO AS TO ENSURE THAT IT
CAN TAKE FULL ACCOUNT OF ALL SHADES OF HONG KONG OPINION
IN CONSIDERING WHAT CHANGES, IF ANY, ARE REQUIRED AS A
RESULT OF THE REVIEW. UNQUOTE.
(VI) PARA 12: BASIC LAW. IN FIRST SENTENCE WE SUGGEST
FOR CLARITY ADDING AFTER QUOTE COMMITTEE UNQUOTE, QUOTE
(ESTABLISHED BY THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO DRAFT HONG KONG'S POST 1997
CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH
HONG KONG PEOPLE) UNQUOTE.
(D)
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2.
(I) IN PARA 3 LAST SENTENCE WE WOULD BE INCLINED TO
REPLACE QUOTE CONTAINING UNQUOTE WITH QUOTE CLAIMED TO
CONTAIN UNQUOTE.
(II) IN PARA 5 SECOND SENTENCE WE SUGGEST QUOTE LARGELY
UNQUOTE RATHER THAN QUOTE MORE UNQUOTE.
WE AGREE IN ADDITION WITH ALL THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED IN
PEKING TUR AND PROPOSE TO INCORPORATE THEM. AS REGARDS THEIR ·
PARA (F), CAN WE INSERT QUOTE SAFETY UNQUOTE AFTER QUOTE
OPERATION UNQUOTE IN THE LAST SENTENCE OF PARA 14?
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