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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG MOEx
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YOUR TELNO 490 TO HONG KONG.
F A C ENQUIRY INTO HONG KONG: INITIAL MEMORANDUM.
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WE HAVE NO COMMENTS OF SUBSTANCE ON THE DRAFT BUT SUGGEST
THE FOLLOWING MINOR CHANGES:
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(A) PARA 1 LINE 5: SUBSTITUTE ''92'' FOR ''93': (FOR CONSISTENCY WITH ''8' IN LINE 5 OF PARA 3).
(B) PARA 32, LINE 4: SUBSTITUTE THAT'' FOR ''THIS''.
(C) PARA 39, LINE 7: ACCORDING TO THE CHINA DAILY OF 28 FEBRUARY, THE SECOND DRAFT OF THE BASIC LAW WAS PUBLISHED BY THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NPC ON 21 FEBRUARY. THE CHINESE TEXT WAS CARRIED IN THE PEOPLE'S DAILY ON 24 FEBRUARY AND THE ENGLISH TEXT IN THE CHINA DAILY OF 25 FEBRUARY. ACCORDING TO THE CHINA DAILY OF 28 FEBRUARY, COPIES OF THE TEXT WERE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED IN HONG KONG'' ON 27 FEBRUARY. IN VIEW OF THIS DIVERSITY, IT MIGHT BE BEST IF THE REFERENCE TO PUBLICATION DATE IN THE DRAFT READ ''THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN LATE FEBRUARY 1989
ETC''.
(D) PARA 58, LINE 1: IS ''97'' RIGHT ?
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