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Just the question I date
first sentence: 76, first Dara. in this sentence
"(the total
the
passage
in
franchise under
Page 28. brackets their proposals would be about 130,000)* does not make it sufficiently clear that this figure includes the 110,000 for in the existing constituencies. already accounted The point would be stronger if we deleted the bracketed
and added
sentence A new
after "very small passage
follows: The 9 new constituencies constituencies" as they were proposing would add only about 20,000 voters
for the the franchise of
constituencies.
110,000
existing
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I think that Page 34, Annex 1, Column 3 and Column 4: the amendment suggested in my letter of December 2 to the third colum has ended up in the fourth column in the of Column 3 (1.0. headed proof. The fourth sentenda of
read fact should in "Revised
Proposals"} British
first three sectors of to the
EC by block "Election vote"). Column 4 (i.e. headed "Chinese Proposals") is Correct in the original typed version i.e. the manuscript amendment is wrong.
J
A point on the cover page, and the first inside page of the Paper. We are proposing, in the version we to keep le cover page (i... page 2 in your print here,
but our inside page (1.8. page ] fax) the same as yours; of your fax) will simply have a note on it saying "This While Paper reproduces the text Representative Parliament by the Secretary of Commonwealth Affairs by Command of December 1993." any difficulty.
Government
in
to
of the White Paper on
presented Hong Kong
State for Foreign and of Her Majesty on
Please let me know if this causes you
That's all, I hope.
I
am grateful for your patience and for the expert way in which you and your colleagues have absorbed all our comments over the past
faw weeks.
You
ever
Matin
(M.J. Dinham)
Personal Adviser to the Governor
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