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PERSONAL FOR FRANCIS HO, CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH FROM SAUNDERS, HKD
YOUR TELNO 1020: ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG 1990
1. THANK YOU FOR TUR AND FOR THE POINTS PICKED UP IN PARA 1.
WE HAVE AMENDED OUR TEXT ACCORDINGLY. APART FROM THE PARTICULAR CASE IN PARA 9, WE DID DECIDE NOT ADD STERLING EQUIVALENTS FOR ALL THE FIGURES GIVEN IN HK DOLLARS.
2. ON THE QUESTION OF THE PUBLICATION DATE, WE THINK IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE, THOUGH NOT ESSENTIAL, TO AIM FOR THE SAME DAY BOTH IN LONDON AND IN HONG KONG. THE FOREWORD IS INDEED A COMPLICATING FACTOR, PARTICULARLY AS WE WILL NOT, AS YOU KNOW, BE IN A POSITION TO FINALISE THIS UNTIL AFTER THE SECRETARY OF
STATE'S RETURN ON 10 APRIL. WE WILL TRY TO GET THE FINAL TEXT
TO YOU BY THE END OF THAT WEEK. WE APPRECIATE THAT THIS MEANS
WE ARE LOOKING AT A PUBLICATION DATE IN HONG KONG DURING THE
WEEK BEGINNING 22 APRIL. PRESENT THINKING IN THE DEPARTMENT IS THAT IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO AIM FOR SIMULTANEOUS PUBLICATION IN LONDON DURING THAT WEEK, BUT IT IS JUST POSSIBLE MINISTERS MIGHT DECIDE TO STICK WITH THE ORIGINAL TARGET DATE
FOR PUBLICATION HERE IE IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 15 APRIL. WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON THIS AS SOON AS WE CAN. MEANWHILE PLEASE COULD YOU LET US KNOW WHETHER 23 OR 24 APRIL WOULD BE A REALISTIC TARGET DATE FOR YOU.
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