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YOUR TELNOS 1624 AND 1664 AND LETTER OF 30 MAY (LANG/LEEKS):

AMENDMENTS TO LETTERS PATENT

MOST OF YOUR COMMENTS IN TURS WERE COVERED IN DISCUSSION

ON 22 MAY BETWEEN YOUR ATTORNEY GENERAL AND OUR DEPUTY LEGAL

ADVISER. AS A RESULT BOTH THEN AGREED ON REVISED DRAFTS OF THE

LETTERS PATENT AND ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS. THESE DRAFTS ARE NOW

BEING PRINTED, AND WE SHALL SEND YOU COPIES OF THE PROOFS AS SOON AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE. BRIEFLY, THE REVISED DRAFTS INCORPORATE THE SUBSTANCE OF YOUR POINTS A(I) AND (III) AND B(I) AND (II) OF

FIRST TUR. ON YOUR A(II) WE AND LEGAL ADVISERS WOULD PREFER TO

RETAIN OUR PROPOSED ARTICLE 2(2) FOR THE SAKE OF CAUTION.

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ON PARA 3 OF FIRST TUR, WE WOULD PREFER TO AMPLIFY YOUR

DRAFT DESPATCH BY REPLACING THE SECOND PARA WITH THE FOLLOWING:

'THE HONG KONG LETTERS PATENT 1986 DISPENSE WITH THE

REQUIREMENT THAT GRANTS AND DISPOSITIONS OF LAND IN HONG

KONG SHOULD BE MADE IN THE NAME OF THE QUEEN. IT IS

THEREFORE NECESSARY TO ADOPT AN ALTERNATIVE FORM FOR SUCH

GRANTS. I WOULD THEREFORE REQUEST THAT UPON THE COMING

INTO FORCE OF SUCH LETTERS PATENT GRANTS AND DISPOSITIONS

OF ANY LAND IN HONG KONG MADE AND EXECUTED BY YOU UNDER

THE PRINCIPAL LETTERS PATENT BE MADE AND EXECUTED IN THE

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