TNAG-1334-FCO40-1766-Future-of-Hong-Kong-legislation-1984 — Page 15

HICK 040/53

(༢བ།།"

CONFIDENTIAL

166

see

170

Secrely of State.

FROM: CO Hum, HKD

DATE: 28 December 1984

Α

W

Private Secretary

Dors this not say 200

Что

love all ow have еми

or gully me "INSS"

дли

with deard of in title

CC:

to houver witurin

tur for

in 2R speak, is not in

me fire itsell?

PS/Lady Young

PS/Mr Luce

PS/PUS

Sir J Freeland

Sir W Harding

Dr Wilson

Mr Burrows, Legal Advisers

HONG KONG BILL: DRAFT MEMORANDUM FOR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

1.

I submit a draft memorandum on the Hong Kong Bill, to be circulated to the Cabinet Legislation (L) Committee. The

department's Legal Counsellor concurs.

2. The memorandum will need to be sent to the Secretary to the (L) Committee for circulation no later than 2 January in preparation for the meeting on 9 January. The Hong Kong Bill itself will be sent

separately by Parliamentary Counsel.

3. The memorandum summarises in paras 10-11 Exco's consideration of

the draft Bill. I am submitting separately a draft telegram instructing the Governor to inform Exco, at its next meeting on 3

January, of the Secretary of State's decision that nationality

provisons should be retained in the Bill.

4. I understand that Lady Young will attend the Committee on 9

January. I shall submit briefing in due course.

28 December 1984

Cotton

CO Hum

Hong Kong Department

CONFIDENTIAL

Page 15Page 16