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Hong Kong Government Office 香港政府駐英辦事處
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Mr. Peter Ricketts
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Thank you for your letter of 8 January. I will let you have our definitive response after I have discussed further with Brian Chau in Hong Kong.
My preliminary reaction to your preference for Option I is that Hong Kong will expect to enjoy in the United Kingdom a status no less favourable than that :
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which will be enjoyed by the British in Hong Kong; and
which has been, or which shortly will be, negotiated with other countries. For example, Canada intends to grant privileges and immunities pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign Missions and International Organisation Act which apply to "political subdivisions of foreign states". Such privileges and immunities are equivalent to those granted to consular posts of foreign states and to consulate staff.
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