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YOUR TELNOS 3803 AND 3824 OF 1990: RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON HONG KONG LAWS
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WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THESE FURTHER REPORTS. AS WE HAVE ALWAYS SUSPECTED, IT NOW SEEMS LIKELY THAT FROM THIS INSTITUTE AND ITS ADVISERS WILL EMERGE FUTURE MEMBERS OF THE BASIC LAW COMMITTEE. IT WILL ALSO, IN THE MEANTIME, BE OFFERING LEGAL ADVICE TO THE CHINESE ON SOME IMPORTANT MATTERS.
2. WE WELCOME DARWIN CHEN'S INFORMAL CONTACTS WITH ADVISERS TO THE INSTITUTE (MY TELNO 2422) (ALTHOUGH IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT ANTHONY NEOH (ONE OF HIS INTENDED CONTACTS) HAS APPARENTLY NOT BEEN APPOINTED). IT OCCURS TO US, HOWEVER, THAT IT WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO SEEK FURTHER CONTACTS AT A LEGAL LEVEL, PARTICULARLY THROUGH FAIRLY SENIOR LEGAL OFFICIALS WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH THE ADAPTATION EXERCISE. THIS WOULD, OF COURSE, BE SEPARATE FROM THE FORMAL DISCUSSION WITH THE CHINESE IN THE JLG OF THE PRINCIPLES AND DETAIL OF ADAPTATION. BUT IT SEEMS TO US DESIRABLE THAT YOU SHOULD, IF POSSIBLE, HAVE AN INPUT INTO THE WORKINGS OF THE INSTITUTE AND THE ADVICE IT RECEIVES. IT WOULD ALSO BE VALUABLE TO DEVELOP AT THIS STAGE RELATIONS WITH POSSIBLE MEMBERS OF THE BASIC LAW COMMITTEE. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS.
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WE WOULD ALSO FIND IT HELPFUL TO HAVE YOUR COMMENTS ON THE HONG KONG LAWYERS APPOINTED AS ADVISERS TO THE INSTITUTE. SIMON LI AND DOROTHY LIU ARE KNOWN TO US BUT WE ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE OTHERS, BEYOND THEIR ENTRY IN HONG KONG'S WHO'S WHO.
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