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(E) PARAGRAPH 17, 2ND SENTENCE: AFTER ''TO CONSULT'

GOVERNOR'

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(F) PARAGRAPH 20: THE LAST TWO SENTENCES ARE NOT STRICTLY PART OF

THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXT AND SHOULD PERHAPS FORM A SEPARATE

PARAGRAPH.

(G) PARAGRAPH 21, 2ND SENTENCE: FOR ''RUN'' SUBSTITUTE

**WORK**

(H) PARAGRAPH 24, 1ST SENTENCE: AMEND 'THE BASIC LAW'' TO

READ THE FUTURE BASIC LAW.

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(1) PARAGRAPH 26, LAST SENTENCE: FOR SATISFIED'' SUBSTITUTE

''CONFIDENT''

(J) PARAGRAPH 27. FIRST SENTENCE: FOR THE NEGOTIATORS'' SUBSTITUTE

V''THE BRITISH NEGOTIATORS''. THE LAST SENTENCE OF PARA 27 COULD BE DELETED. THE POINT DOES NOT NEED TO BE LABOURED, PARTICULARLY AS IT IS FOLLOWED BY A STERN LECTURE ON THE ALTERNATIVES TO ACCEPTANCE.

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FOURTH (K) PARAGRAPH 28, 3RD SENTENCE: DELETE LAST TWO WORDS.

SENTENCE: AMEND NEGOTIATION WOULD BE AT AN END TO READ ''NEGOTIATIONS COULD NOT BE REOPENED.'

(L) PARAGRAPH 29: THIS PARAGRAPH SHOULD CONTAIN A REFERENCE TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE CONTINUING TO BE RECRUITED AND PROMOTED ON ABILITY AND MERIT AND TO EXERCISE ITS FUNCTIONS IMPARTIALLY AND FREE FROM POLITICAL PRESSURE.

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