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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 244
OF 28101OZ JANUARY 92
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YOUR TELNO 89: TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY FROM EXCO.
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THE CHINESE WERE NOT INFORMED WHEN THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES APPEALS BOARDS WERE SET UP IN 1990. THE APPEALS HANDLED BY THE BOARDS WERE SO MUNDANE IN NATURE THAT WE DID NOT CONSIDER THE CHINESE WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF THESE APPEALS TO THE BOARDS FROM EXCO. IN THE EVENT, THERE WERE NO QUERIES FROM THE CHINESE, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THE CHANGE INVOLVED THE INTRODUCTION OF PRIMARY LEGISLATION.
2. WHILE THE APPEALS TO BE HEARD BY THE PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS BOARDS ARE ALSO MINOR ONES, INTRODUCTION OF PRIMARY LEGISLATION AND AMENDMENTS TO SEVERAL ORDINANCES AS A BATCH TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE PROPOSAL COULD, IN THE PRESENT CLIMATE, GIVE RISE TO CHINESE SUSPICION. WE THEREFORE CONSIDER IT PRUDENT TO INFORM THE CHINESE THIS TIME ROUND.
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