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4. ON PARA. 11 OF YOUR T.U.R., THERE IS GOING TO BE A PROGRESSIVE REPLACEMENT OF APPOINTED UNOFFICIALS ON LEGCO AND EXCO BY

INDIRECTLY ELECTED POLITICIANS OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. ONCE THIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED THE POSITION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT ANYWAY,

5. FINALLY, NOTWITHSTANDING THE SPECIAL GEO-POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF HONG KONG, THE POSITION OF THE FECRETARY OF STATE WILL NOT BE ALL THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE POSITION OF HIS PREDECESSORS IN OTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORIES DURING THE PERIOD FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF INTERNAL SELF-GOVERNMENT.

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MR WILSON

COMES

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SIR PCRADOCK

MR BURROWS,

LEGAL ADVISERS

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