CONFIDENTIAL
ZCZC
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO
OF 07120OZ MARCH 91
MIPT: LETTER FROM THE HONG KONG BAR ASSOCIATION
IMMEDIATE
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1. Begins:
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Thank you for your letter of 27 February to Douglas Hurd. I
am grateful to you for bringing your concerns to our
attention. We have consulted the Hong Kong Government who accept that barristers may be at a disadvantage in
comparison with solicitors working in English firms.
As I am sure you will know it falls to the Steering Committee, appointed by the Governor under Section 3(3)(a) of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act, to advise the Governor on matters arising from the scheme and this
potential anomaly will now be referred to the committee for
their views. From a preliminary examination by our legal advisers and those from the Hong Kong Government however, it is likely that the meaning of ''service with a British
Undertaking'' could not be stretched to include membership
INNS
as you suggest of one of the is of court. Even if it were possible to justify this, it would be difficult to say that the arguments
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