TNAG-1602-FCO40-2198-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1987 — Page 12

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THE INTERPRETATION AND AMENDMENT OF THE CL. THE SECOND PAPER OF TRILOGY 11: THE INTEPPENCTATION OF THE BL AND THE VALIDITY OF

THE LAWS OF THE HASAR'' (SEE PARA. 11 OF THE PAPER) SETS OUT OUR VIEWS ON THE FUNCTIONS OF THIS COMMITTEE. IN FACT, A SIMILAR SUGGESTION WAS PUT FORWARD BY THE BLOC SPECIAL GROUP BUT HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE LATEST VERSION OF THE GROUP'S PROGRESS REPORT. OUR INTERLOCUTORS HAVE BEEN REMINDED TO REVIVE THIS PROPOSAL AT

BLDC IV.

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13. PARA. 1(A). OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO REMOVE THE CATEGORY ''TEMPORARY RESIDENTS' AND WE HAVE BRIEFED OUR INTERLOCUTORS

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SUGGESTED ACCORDINGLY. BOTH MISS TAM AND MARTIN LEE, HOWEVER, REPLACING THIS TERM BY ''NON-PERMANENT RESIDENTS''. WE STILL DO NOT SEE THE NEED FOR ANY SUBSTITUTE AT ALL, BUT NON-PERMANENT RESIDENTS'' IS PROBABLY LESS HARMFUL.

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14. PARA. 1(C)(1). WE AGREE THE TERM SHOULD BE 'NON-CHINESE

NATIONALS''.

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