CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2678
OF 11042OZ NOVEMBER
92
CONFIDENTIAL
in Mohall
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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MDLIAN 4239
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COPY
Q LIST?
LOCALISATION OF LAWS: CAN LAPSE ITEMS.
1
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WORK HAS RECENTLY BEEN DONE TO IDENTIFY THOSE UK ENACTMENTS CURRENTLY APPLIED TO HONG KONG WHICH WILL NOT (NOT) NEED TO BE LOCALISED AND CAN BE ALLOWED TO LAPSE ON 1 JULY 1997. A LIST OF SUCH CAN LAPSE'' ITEMS SO FAR IDENTIFIED, AS WELL AS A SPEAKING NOTE FOR INFORMING THE CHINESE HAVE BEEN PREPARED (COPIES BY FAX TO BUNTEN, HKD). WE DO NOT EXPECT THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD RAISE OBJECTIONS OR DEMAND CONSULTATION ON THE ''CAN LAPSE'
TI
ENACTMENTS.
BEFORE WE HAND THEM OVER, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON BOTH THE LIST AND THE SPEAKING NOTE.
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DISTRIBUTION
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.HK POLICY
HKD
PUSD
FED
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT
..AND MS BROOKS
NEWS D
PLANNERS
RAD
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD SIR J COLES
MR APPLEYARD
MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE
CAOFF//MS D CORNER
CAOFF //MR CHARLTON
CAOFF //MISS NEVILLE-JONES
CAOFF //MR SIBSON
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