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Mr Burns
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PF Ricketts
Hong Kong Department
11 November 1991
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Mr Crystal
News Department
Miss Brookes
Legal Advisers
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HONG KONG: COURT OF FINAL APPEAL: CHINESE VIEWS
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1. I thought the Minister might be interested to see the attached translation of an article from the pro-Chinese Wen
Wei Po, published on 31 October.
2.
row.
It struck me as the authentic Chinese view of the CFA
In particular it contains a very clear statement of the Chinese misconception about LegCo (see the final paragraph). It is not clear where the alleged quotation that "EXCO and LegCo will be under the Governor, while the Governor will be subject to the instructions of the British Government" comes from. But this is a classic statement of their continuing (? deliberate) misunderstanding of LegCo and our powers in relation to it.
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