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SHOULD BE DELETED, AND THE 2ND SENTENCE AMENDED TO READ ''THIS SLIGHT REORDERING OF THE TEXT TAKES ACCOUNT OF THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE RELEVANT LAWS AND POLICIES WILL HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BEFORE, AND MAINTAINED AFTER, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SAR.''

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(E) WHILE IT IS TRUE THAT WE HAVE NO SUGGESTED TERM TO REPLACE THE TITLE 'CHIEF EXECUTIVE' WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE OMISSION OF JUST THOSE ARTICLES CONTAINING A REFERENCE TO CE MIGHT GIVE THE WRONG IMPRESSION THAT WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE CE TITLE. WE THEREFORE PROPOSE TO DELETE THE ENTIRE LAST SENTENCE OF THE PASSAGE, THUS MERELY PUTTING DOWN A MARKER WITHOUT IDENTIFYING WHICH ARTICLES WE

ARE REFERRING TQ.

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PARA 5:

(I) IN LINE WITH WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN THE DRAFT PASSAGE IN TUR, THE REFERENCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SAR IN PARA 3 OF ART. 14 WOULD HAVE TO BE DELETED. BUT THIS POINT NEED NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE PASSAGE IN VIEW OF THE PROPOSAL ON ART. 14 IN PART A OF OUR MAIN CRITIQUE, AND ON THIS BASIS WE ARE CONTENT.

(II) SINCE THE APPROACH IN TUR IS IN LINE WITH THE DEFINITION IN ART. 59, WE THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO REFER TO THAT ARTICLE. WE SUGGEST THAT THEREFORE THE 4TH SENTENCE BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:

*SINCE ARTICLE 59 DEFINES THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AS THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES OF THE REGION, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT ONE WAY OF ENSURING CONSISTENCY WOULD BE

(III) THE FIFTH SENTENCE COULD AVOID POSSIBLE AMBIGUITY IF THE WORDS ''FURTHER THE USE OF THE REFERENCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SAR'' WERE REPLACED BY ''DELETING THE REFERENCE TO QUOTE THE GOVERNMENT UNQUOTE.'

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