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GOVERNMent secreTARIAT
LOWER ALBERT ROAD
HONG KONG
16 March 1993
Mr. Nigel Whitney
Hong Kong Department
Foreign & Commonwealth office
HKB 012/5
RECEN IN EGISTRY
Dear Nijel,
Composition of 1995 LegCo
Draft Royal Instructions 1993
Thank you for your
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faxed message of 12 March
enclosing the letter from the
Legal Counsellor. Having
consulted the Attorney General's Chambers, we would like to offer the following comments:
Clause 1, heading
Agreed.
Clause 2(c)
The
enabling provisions for electoral laws to be made for the 1995 elections are already found in
Article 3(1) of the draft 1993 Letters Patent (amending Article VII (2) of the principal Letters Patent). Strictly speaking, therefore, there