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OO HONG KONG

GRS 574

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FM FC 0 270948Z FEB 85

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

:

TELEGRAM NUMBER 327 OF 27 FEBRUARY 1985

INFO PRIORITY PEKING

HUCK out**

RECEIVED IN LAUKIAI 2 8 FEB 1935

св

OUR TELNO 324: AMENDMENTS TO LETTERS PATENT AND ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS

AND LEGCO (ELECTORAL PROVISIONS) BILL

1. FURTHER TO OUR TUR, THE FOLLOWING ARE ONE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT TO

THE DRAFT LETTERS PATENT AND SEVERAL ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE

DRAFT ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS. THESE AMENDMENTS EITHER ARE MINOR OR ARISE FROM THE DECISION TO INCLUDE A POWER TO DISSOLVE LEGCO IN THE DRAFT

LEGISLATION:

2. OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO DRAFT AMENDING LETTERS PATENT ARE AS

FOLLOWS:

BEGINS

IN NEW ARTICLE VI(3) (CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 2) DELETE THE WORD

'ELECTED' AND SUBSTITUTE THE FOLLOWING:

'SUBJECT TO ANY INSTRUCTIONS UNDER OUR SIGN MANUAL AND SIGNET,

ELECTED'.

ENDS

3. OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO DRAFT ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE AS

FOLLOWS:

BEGINS

نس

SUBSTITUTE THE FOLLOWING FOR CLAUSE 8:-

'ADDITION OF NEW CLAUSES XXIA AND XXIB TO THE PRINCIPAL

INSTRUCTIONS.

8. THE PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE AMENDED BY ADDING, IMMEDIATELY

AFTER CLAUSE XXI, THE FOLLOWING:

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SITTINGS AND SESSIONS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

XXIA.(1) THE SITTINGS AND SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHALL

BE HELD AT SUCH TIMES AND PLACE AS THE GOVERNOR SHALL FROM TIME TO

TIME APPOINT BY PROCLAMATION PUBLISHED IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE.

(2) THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE LAST SITTING OF ONE SESSION OF THE

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