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FROM HONG KONG DEPARTMENT

YOUR TELNO 3455: DAYA BAY: LETTERS TO HM THE QUEEN FROM MR K M

FONG WING SANG

1.

OF

COPIES OF MR FONG'S FIRST UNDATED LETTER TO THE QUEEN,

OUR REPLY, OF HIS SECOND LETTER TO THE QUEEN AND OUR REPLY (WHICH

AMOUNTED TO LITTLE MORE THAN AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT) ALL FOLLOW BY

NEXT BAG, ADDRESSED TO MRS E MOK, ECONOMIC SERVICES BRANCH.

2.

WE APOLOGISE THAT THE NORMAL PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING

LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE QUEEN WERE NOT FOLLOWED IN THIS CASE AND

THAT WE FAILED TO CONSULT YOU ON DRAFT REPLIES. BOTH LETTERS

WERE HANDLED AT DESK LEVEL AND OUR REPLIES FOLLOWED THE STANDARD

LINES WHICH WE HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT MINISTERS USE IN REPLY TO

SIMILAR LETTERS FROM MPS ON THE DAYA BAY ISSUE, COPIES OF WHICH

HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT TO YOU. WE ACKNOWLEDGE HOWEVER THAT YOU

SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSULTED ON THE REPLIES TO MR FONG AND WILL

ENSURE THAT YOU ARE CONSULTED IN FUTURE.

HOWE

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