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YOUR TELNOS 2873 TO 2877: YOUR ADDRESS TO LEGCO

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THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THESE TEXTS. WE THINK THEY ARE GENERALLY ADMIRABLE AND HAVE ONLY A VERY FEW SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS:

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TELNO 2874 (EMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY)

PARA 22: WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ADD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND SENTENCE QUOTE SUBJECT TO PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL OF THE SCHEME, WE INTEND ....

... UNQUOTE.

PARA 22, LAST SENTENCE: YOU MIGHT LIKE TO EXPAND SLIGHTLY AS FOLLOWS QUOTE I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE

WILL BENEFIT FROM .... UNQUOTE

PARA 22, PENULTIMATE LINE: SUGGEST DELETION OF QUOTE SIMILAR UNQUOTE, AS IN PRACTICE OTHER COUNTRIES' SCHEMES DIFFER FROM OUR OWN.

B: TELNO 2875 (VBPS)

WE MUCH APPRECIATE THE REFERENCE TO HMG'S CONTRIBUTION. AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF MAKING THIS POINT, PERHAPS WITH GREATER FORCE, WOULD BE TO REFER TO THE VALUE OF THE FUNDS DONATED AND PLEDGED BY HMG SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 1988. THIS FIGURE IS JUST

UNDER 38 MILLION POUNDS IE OVER HALF A BILLION HONG KONG DOLLARS. I AM FAXING TO PS/GH THE DETAILED BREAKDOWN.

C: YOUR TELNO 1877 CHONG KONG/CHINA RELATIONS)

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PARA 98: FOR OBVIOUS REASONS WE SUGGEST TONING DOWN

SLIGHTLY THE OUTCOME OF THIS WEEK'S JLG.

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