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Hong Kong or London for agreeing to the

measure, such criticism will have to be

answered on the grounds that corruption in

Hong Kong presents special problems and that

the proposals to deal with it have been given

wide publicity and have been accepted by the

responsible local authorities as the minimumte

necessary to deal with the situation.

Moreover, if when the Bill is introduced into

Legislative Council the inclusion of Clause

10 arouses serious public concern in Hon

the clause can be dropped at the

Committee Stage without embarrassment either

to HMG or to the Hong Kong Government.

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