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Legal Advises
NCNA
Separate mints
statement ON
(Amendment) Bill
1990
of
10. Dec. 90
Town Planning
we spoke briefly about
this on
Friday.
IN
to
and
care
decided to
to get off
a
A
Short reply IFCO TelNo 2336 at A) so as
Not to delay
action.
However
I would be grate hel ber
your
advice on
the paragraph
we
were
proposing
to include in the
speaking note. This is at B ( the draft telegrams).
pord I of Flag B (the draft
Pas the post
If so
сме
1997 position
may send
a
factually accurate?
Follow up,
Not yet gone iN.
Peking have Not
incase
Mikil ustere
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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 2329: NCNA STATEMENT ON TOWN PLANNING CAMENDMENT) BILL 1990
1. WE AGREE THAT PEKING SHOULD SEEK AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY TO REPEAT THE MESSAGE THERE. GRATEFUL IF PEKING WOULD TAKE ACTION.
2. ON PARAGRAPH 3 OF TUR, WE HAVE CONSULTED THE GOVERNOR ABOUT THE PUBLIC LINE TO TAKE
AND AGREED THE FOLLOWING:
'WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THE NCNA ABOUT THEIR STATEMENT AND EXPRESSED SURPRISE THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE AN OFFICIAL COMMENT ON SUCH A MATTER INVOLVING THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG.
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1. We agree that Peking should seek an early opportunity to repeat the message there. Grateful if Peking would take action. 152. We would however, suggest some reinforcement of the fact that
dealing with this issue is a matter entirely within the competence of the Hong Kong Government and would be within the
of the speaking note competence of the SARG. We suggest that para 3 could be stopped after 'into effect until 1997' and that a new para 4 inserted as
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'Issues such as these are matters within the competence of the Hong Kong Government. They would be matters within the competence of the SARG after 1997. The SAR Legislature can, if it so decides, amend the Town Planning (Amendment) Bill after July 1997, like any other law."
We have consulted the
the
Governor
(public)
about the flive to take d 3. We agree that you will need a fairly firm public time in
following:
and
agree Hong Kong, but we wonder whether that proposed in para 3 of tur
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