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(i) p.3 line 6 after 'these benefits' add 'which

depend on Hong Kong remaining outside the RMB area as well as Hong Kong's access to foreign markets - let alone many other considerations including the law under which the territory is administered."

(ii)

13.

p.12 1. after 'in return' add 'and the Chinese said about it. '

(iii)

p.13 1.2, delete all after whereby and insert 'Peking agreed that the HKG would in future issue standard leases of a definite duration, say 25 years, and that Peking recognised their validity. In this case we would still need to overcome the problem of whether

such leases were valid under British law.'

(iv) p.13 add at the end of para 16 'or a right

to consultation about membership of the Executive and Legislative Councils'.

(v)

p.14, para 18 1.2, after 'Government' add' and that the of the S of S vis-a-vis Parliament'.

(vi)

(vii)

p.17 para 23 1.5, after 'Peking' add,

'and the CPG was not prepared to co-operate over transitional arrangements and over reassuring the population about their future'.

p. 19 sub-section (d) add EEC, Japanese and US firms. Add 'These friendly governments would blame HMG if withdrawal did not seem

unavoidable'.

(viii) p.19 sub-section (e) 1.10 after 'Territory'add

'unless assured of British citizenship.'

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