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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

25 June 1988

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F. Grier

Hong Kong Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Use of English/Chinese in Government Documents

Thank you for your letter of 9 June.

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We too have noticed the problems in Articles 9, 59 and 60 of the draft Basic Law. As you pointed out, we think that basically the problem lies in the definition of the terms "the executive authorities" and "the Government of the HKSAR.' The way they are defined in the present draft might, for example, leave doubts to whether the Executive Council of the SAR is or is not

a part of the "Government of the SAR". We think that such ambiguities

not be

but intentional,

are the result of loose drafting. We will further consider the matter in the context of our study of the draft Basic Law.

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To accommodate the point about a specific > reference to language in your para 5, we will amend the proposed item for addition to the next edition of the Checklist to read:

"Consider changes in form (including the language used) of government issued documents."

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(Stanley Ying)

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for Secretary (General Duties)

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