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THE INTERPRETATION AND AMENDMENT OF THE L. THE SECOND PAPER OF TRILOGY 10: THE INTERPENETATION OF THE BL AND THE VALIDITY OF THE LAWS OF THE HKSAR'' (SEE PARA. 11 OF THE PAPER) SETS OUT OUR VIEWS ON THE FUNCTIONS OF THIS COMMITTEE. IN FACT, A SIMILAR SUGGESTION WAS PUT FORWARD BY THE BLOC SPECIAL GROUP BUT HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE LATEST VERSION OF THE GROUP'S PROGRESS REPORT. OUR INTERLOCUTORS HAVE BEEN REMINDED TO REVIVE THIS PROPOSAL AT
BLDC IV.
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13. PARA. 1(A). OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO REMOVE THE CATEGORY ''TEMPORARY RESIDENTS' AND WE HAVE BRIEFED OUR INTERLOCUTORS ACCORDINGLY. BOTH MISS TAM AND MARTIN LEE, HOWEVER, SUGGESTED REPLACING THIS TERM BY NON-PERMANENT RESIDENTS' WE STILL DO NOT SEE THE NEED FOR ANY SUBSTITUTE AT ALL, BUT NON-PERMANENT RESIDENTS' IS PROBABLY LESS HARMFUL.
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14. PARA. 1(C)(II). WE AGREE THE TERM SHOULD BE ''NON-CHINESE
NATIONALS''.
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