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FM PEKING

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 1597

OF 2903012 SEPTEMBER 88

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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HONG KONG TELNO 3624: GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS TO LEGCO: JLG

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WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS ON THE REVISED TEXT IN TUR:

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A) SINCE JLG X REACHED 'FULL AGREEMENT ON, RATHER THAN

''AGREEMENT ON THE PRINCIPLES'' UNDERLYING, IMPROVEMENT TO THE TERMS OF SERVICE OF THE JUDICIARY, WE SUGGEST THAT THE THIRD SENTENCE OF PARA 176 SHOULD BE SPLIT INTO TWO AS FOLLOWS:

''BOTH SIDES HAVE ALSO REACHED AGREEMENT ON THE PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SURRENDER OF FUGITIVE OFFENDERS. THEY HAVE REACHED FULL AGREEMENT ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TERMS OF SERVICE OF THE JUDICIARY WHICH HAVE IMPLICATIONS BEYOND

1997''

B) PARA 176, FINAL SENTENCE: WE NOTE THAT THIS GOES BEYOND REFERENCES TO DEFENCE AND PUBLIC ORDER IN THE LAST AND PREVIOUS JLG COMMUNIQUES. SINCE IT DUPLICATES THE CONTENTS OF PARA 101 CHONG KONG TELNO 3578 AS AMENDED BY YOUR TELNO 2502 TO HONG KONG), CAN IT

NOT BE OMITTED ?

C) PARA 177 LINE 3: SUBSTITUTE ''THIS INVOLVES'' FOR ''THESE ARE'' AND INSERT ''THAT' BEFORE ''THE LAW**

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D) PARA 177, PENULTIMATE SENTENCE: WE ASSUME THIS SHOULD READ ''AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED ON THE PRINCIPLES WHICH SHOULD GOVERN

THE LOCALISATION PROCESS',

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DONALD

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