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Le system of land control by covenant would not

be effecrid and the power to resume under the Resumption Ordin-

ance wild remain.

((vi) Milst this might be more acceptable to China,

it would probably not boost commercial confidence so well

as a post-1997 lease simpliciter even if the curbs were stated to run beyond 1997. No doubt much would depend upon who was the first tenant and what was read into this.

I must add that I am not a specialist Conveyancing Lawyer and therefore before important decisions were finalised it would be wise for me to confirm with such a specialist that I have

not overlooked any problem.

Годи John Griffiths

(John Griffiths Q.C.)

Attorney General 2nd July 1980.