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MDHIAN 3295
STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NPC AND BY THE COURTS IN THE HONG
KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION.
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4. PARAGRAPH 8(A). IN THE THIRD LINE, ''FOR' SHOULD PRESUMABLY READ ''OVER''.
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PARAGRAPH 9, LAST SENTENCE. WE SUGGEST THAT THIS SENTENCE SHOULD FORM THE BASIS OF A SEPARATE PARAGRAPH CA NEW PARAGRAPH 10) BECAUSE IT DOES NOT DEAL WITH ARTICLE 18, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SENTENCES OF PARAGRAPH 9. WE SUGGEST THAT THE NEW PARAGRAPH SHOULD READ ''AN ADDITIONAL POINT THAT WE SHOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS, IF TIME ALLOWS, WOULD BE THE NATURE OF THE ''DIRECTIVES'' REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 48(8), AS THEY ARE NOT MENTIONED ELSEWHERE IN THE BASIC LAW.
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PARAGRAPH 11. WE PRESUME THAT WE SHOULD COMPLETE THE THIRD SENTENCE BY ADDING AFTER THE WORD 'WHETHER'' THE PHRASE '', AS A MATTER OF THE EXISTING LAW OF THE PRC,''. WE ALSO SUGGEST THAT IN THE INTERESTS OF CLARITY THERE SHOULD BE INSERTED, IN THE 5TH LINE AFTER ''THE VIEW'', THE WORDS THAT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR NOTE OF 7 SEPTEMBER''.
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PARAGRAPH 12, 7TH LINE. MR LITTLE WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 12 DECEMBER, WHILST THE DATE FOR ANY MEETING IS LIKELY TO BE LATER THAN THAT. WE THEREFORE WISH TO SUBSTITUTE ''OUR COLLEAGUES ' FOR ''MR LITTLE''.
8. SUBJECT TO THE COMMENT IN PARAGRAPH 2 ABOVE WE ARE ALSO
CONTENT WITH THE SPEAKING NOTE IN THE THIRD TUR.
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WE ARE PREPARING A TRANSLATION OF THE LETTER. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS ON OUR ABOVE COMMENTS THE LETTER AND THE TRANSLATION WILL BE FAXED TO PEKING FOR HANDING OVER, AN UNCLASSIFIED COPY OF THE FINALISED LINGUISTIC CRITIQUE HAS BEEN SENT TO PEKING
BY BAG ARRIVING 7 NOVEMBER.
WILSON
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