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19.

12A

First Reading followed by publication on 11 January.

The Chief Secretary and the Attorney General would brief

UMELCO on the contents of the Bill at 11.30 a.m. on 11

January in advance of publication. The briefing would

have to be on a strictly confidential basis as any leak

would

considerable embarrassment with Parliament.

Members should therefore

wait

Written material on Parliamentary procedure for the

information of UMELCO

until the following week.

2.

Redacted Under FOI Exemption Sec 27(1) (a)(c)(d)

In reply to

the Governor

confirmed that the draft Order in Council containing the

nationality provisions would be published before it was

debated. In reply to the Attorney General, the Governor

said he assumed that the Order

Order would be put to the

Executive Council in draft beforehand.

XA9

OTHER BUSINESS

INVITATION TO THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE TO VISIT CHINA

The

Commissioner

Governor

informed Members that the

of Police bad received an official

invitation to visit China. He would seek the Council's

view at the next meeting on whether the invitation

should be accepted. The argument in favour of

acceptance was that co-operation between the RHKPF and

their Chinese counterparts was important, particularly

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