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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG Q DIST?
FOR GALSWORTHY
YOUR TELNO 264: BILL OF RIGHTS: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
1.
WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THIS SIGHT OF THE AMENDMENTS TO BE TABLED. WE NOTE THAT THE AMENDMENT TO CLAUSE 4 REPLACES 'THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS AS APPLIED TO HONG KONG IN HONG KONG TELNO 282 BY ''THIS ORDINANCE''. WE HAD SEEN SOME ADVANTAGE IN THE REFERENCE TO THE INTERNATIONAL
INSTRUMENT BUT IF HONG KONG HAVE DECIDED FOR GOOD REASONS TO REPLACE THIS BY ''THE ORDINANCE'' WE SEE NO OBJECTION.
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