CONFIDENTIAL
134403
MDLIAN 7446
CONSUMIMG. IT WOULD BE AT LEAST A GOOD YEAR OR SO BEFORE WE WOULD BE READY FOR TAKING THE BILL TO LEGCO. HOPEFULLY THE PUBLIC MOOD BY THEN WOULD HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH AS TO MAKE THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL MORE POSSIBLE.
5.
WE ARE ALSO REVIVING OUR SEARCH FOR SUITABLE CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT TO OUR SUPREME COURT WITH A VIEW TO SOME OF THEM BEING ELEVATED TO CFA WHEN IT IS ESTABLISHED. THERE MAY BE A NEED TO CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF SOME OVERSEAS CANDIDATES.
PATTEN
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
72
ΜΑΙΝ
65
.HK POLICY
HKD
PUSD
FED
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS LEGAL ADVISERS//MR GILES NEWS D
NTCD
PLANNERS
RAD
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES
MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
7
CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE (DIO) CAOFF//MISS NEVILLE-JONES
CAOFF//MR SIBSON PS NO 10.
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