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16 JUN 1987

My immediately preceding telegram,

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Deletions

(References are to

and amendments are as follows.

paragraphs in Young's despatch No.145.)

(a) Paragraph 17(e) Omission of reference to

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Chinese who are not British subjects

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differentiation between non- British Chinese

on one hand, and Americans and non-British

Europeans on the other, in the matter of

residential qualification, by amendment of second

sentence of this sub-paragraph so as to read

"The period of residential qualification required

in their case would presumably have to be the

Montedingenber same as for on Brition Chinese salgsete,"

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(b) Paragraph 24(vi) Following consequential

amendments to this sub-paragraph viz.

(1) deletion of the word "Chinese" in second sentence and substitution of the words "all

persons" (2) deletion of words "non-British

Europeans and Americans" after the words "British

subjects".

(d) Paragraph 37 Reference to usual condition

regarding duration of term of leases in the case

of the New Territories to be amplified by

amending the third sentence of this paragraph to

read "I assume that it would be the wish of H.M.G.

that the land and buildings which would be

required by the Municipality should be leased to

them at a nominal rental for the period of

75 years renewable in the case of the Island and

the ceded portion of the Kowloon Peninsula and,

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