From:
A R Rawsthorne
IND
Lunar House
GTN 3822 2733
HKD 340/2
RECISTAY
07 JAN 1993
SK OFFICER
GISTRY
INDEX
PA
Action Takan
Mr C Kelly
HONG KONG ORDERS IN COUNCIL
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ра
(BN scheme + BATC
registraction)
NbJ
6%
104
сс
Mr Osborne
95
Mr Walmsley
Mr Giles (LAB)
Mr Blakeway (PRB)
Ms Barnes-Jones (FCO)
194
Thank you for your notes of 4 and 7 December about the proposed modifications to the selection scheme for the second
tranche.
2. The proposed changes look reasonable enough to me, and I agree that the next step is to secure Ministers' agreement.
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3. I do not think that we need to put the matter separately to
Mr Langdon I have mentioned to him in very general terms what is afoot. I suggest that we should aim to get a submission to the Home Secretary (via Mr Wardle) soon after his return from India. I would be grateful if you could aim to let me have a draft by 11 January. We could take the opportunity to remind Ministers briefly of what is involved in the other Order. I do not think that we need to await Ministerial approval before
preparing instructions for Legal Advisers.
4. I was also grateful for your earlier note of 25 November (which I am sorry not to have acknowledged before now). I found that a helpful indication of the work that needs to be done, but, as you say, if we are to have the Orders in place by April time is pretty short. I would find it helpful to have a timetable working back from when the Orders come into force showing when