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FURB 040/2.
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FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 18093OZ FCO
TELNO 1882
OF 18084OZ MAY 88
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YOUR TELNO 1277 : LORDS DEBATE ON THE BRAFT BASIC LAW
THANK YOU FOR TUR. AS SEEN FROM HERE, WITHOUT EXPERIENCE IN DRAFTING LORDS' MOTIONS, MOTION A SEEMS TO BE VERY VAGUE AND INDIRECT, AND MOTION B MIGHT WELL LEAD TO MISUNDERSTANDING OF
THE SUBJECT OF THE DEBATE AS COVERING CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS OTHER
THAN THE BASIC LAW E.G. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG.
2. IF A LACK OF SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE BL IN THE MOTION IS
ACCEPTABLE TO THE LORDS, WE SUGGEST ADOPTING A MODIFIED VERSION OF MOTION A BY ADDING ''RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION'' AFTER HONG KONG''. WE DO NOT THINK MOTION B SHOULD BE PROPOSED.
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3. IF IT IS JUDGED THAT AN EXPLICIT REFERENCE CANNOT BE AVOIDED, WE WOULD SUGGEST SUBSTITUTING " 'PUBLICATION OF'' FOR ''PUBLIC
CONSULTATIONS IN HONG KONG ABOUT!! THIS WOULD MAKE THE MOTION EVEN MORE NEUTRAL, SINCE THE CHINESE REGARD THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE DRAFT BASIC LAW IN HONG KONG AS THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY.
WILSON
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