22 January 1993
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Joseph Y T Lai Esq
Constitutional Affairs Branch
Government Secretariat
Lower Albert Road
Hong Kong
Dear Joseph,
Foreign &
Commonwealth
Office
区
London SW1A 2AH
Telephone: 071-270 2652
Mi3 01713
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25 JAN 1993
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CONSTITUTIONAL PACKAGE: COMPOSITION OF 1995 LEGCO: AMENDMENTS TO THE LETTERS PATENT AND ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS
Thank you for your letter of 21 January to Mr Whitney outlining your current proposals for amending the Letters Patent and Royal Instructions to take account of the proposals for the composition of the 1995 LegCo.
Privy Council Meetings will be held on 10 and 31 March. There will be no meeting in April, but there will be a meeting in mid-May. Papers must be with the Privy Council Office by 4 and 25 March respectively, but as we also need some time to submit the amendments within the FCO, the deadline for the final version of the amendments to reach our department would have to be 25 February and 18 March respectively.
It would be helpful if we could receive the draft amendments
soon as possible so that there is sufficient time for legal advice to be given at our end and for agreement to be reached on them.
Yars siicerely, Budget fais
Bridget Paris
Hong Kong Department
cc Miss Brooks, Legal Counsellor