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INDEPENDENCE AND OUR PROPOSALS ARE NOT AIMED AT ALTERING THAT IN ANYWAY. ON THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL, THE DEBATE WAS NOT ABOUT NON-CHINESE MEMBERSHIP BUT NON-LOCAL CHONG KONG) MEMBERSHIP. YOU WILL NO DOUBT WISH TO REAFFIRM OUR POSITION THAT WE BELIEVE THE AGREEMENT REACHED IN THE JLG PROVIDES A WORKABLE BASIS FOR THE COURT TO BE SET UP BEFORE, AND SURVIVE OVER 1997: BUT THAT FURTHER WORK IS NOW UNDERWAY TO DRAFT THE LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH IT.
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