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Mr. Nigel Whitney

Hong Kong Department

Foreign & Commonwealth office

Dear Nijel,

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By Fax

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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

KONG KONG

13 July 1993

Amendments to Letters Patent and

Royal Instructions

Many thanks

for

letter your

of 28 June to

Vivian Sum and for setting out the detailed procedures for amending the Letters Patent and the Royal Instructions.

We have passed

a

copy of

your

letter to the

In the light of the final

Attorney General's Chambers. paragraph of your letter, the AGC have raised some concerns regarding the validity of the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1992 and the Hong Kong Additional Instructions 1992, gazetted respectively on 18 and 19 February 1993. A copy of their opinions is attached.

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