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THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US THESE DRAFT SECTIONS OF YOUR

WE HAVE IN THE MAIN ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO SUGGEST:

PARA 8, SECOND SENTENCE. WE SUGGEST YOU COVER THE ISSUE OF BN (0) PASSPORTS IN A SEPARATE SENTENCE TO REFLECT THE FACT THAT, UNLIKE ID CARDS AND CIS, THEY ARE NOT HKG DOCUMENTS. ALSO IN THE THIRD SENTENCE, GIVEN OUR CURRENT DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE ON ASAS, IS QUOTE OWN UNQUOTE STRICTLY NECESSARY?

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IN PARA 9 SECOND SENTENCE, WE SUGGEST ADDITION OF QUOTE IN PRINCIPLE UNQUOTE AFTER QUOTE REACHED UNQUOTE, TO MEET THE POINT THAT WE AND THE CHINESE HAVE YET TO TAKE JOINT ACTION TO CONFIRM HONG KONG'S STATUS WITH MOST OF THE ORGANISATIONS IN YOUR LIST.

IN PARA 11, SECOND SENTENCE, WE FEEL THAT QUOTE IMPROVE UNQUOTE IMPLIES THAT JLG CONTACTS ARE DEFICIENT AT PRESENT. COULD WE AVOID THIS BY USING INSTEAD QUOTE STRENGTHEN THE EXISTING UNQUOTE?

IN PARA 12 WE APPRECIATE THAT THE END REFERENCE IS TO THE TRANSITION PERIOD RATHER THAN THE TRANSFER IN 1997. BUT WE FEEL THAT THE LATTER IDEA IS A RATHER CLEARER CONCEPT AND WONDER IF QUOTE TRANSFER IN UNQUOTE WOULD BE BETTER THAN QUOTE TRANSITION TO UNQUOTE?.

IN PARA 13 YOU MAY WISH TO LOOK AGAIN AT THE METAPHORS IN THE FINAL SENTENCE.

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IN PARA 14 WE ARE NOT SURE TO WHAT THE LAST FIVE WORDS ACTUALLY REFER. MIGHT QUOTE PROVIDED UNQUOTE THAN QUOTE UNDERTAKEN UNQUOTE?

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