TNAG-2073-FCO40-2952-Hong-Kong-Town-Planning-(Amendment)-Bill-1990-1990 — Page 8

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Legal Advises

NCNA

Separate mints

statement ON

(Amendment) Bill

1990

of

10. Dec. 90

Town Planning

we spoke briefly about

this on

Friday.

IN

to

and

care

decided to

to get off

a

A

Short reply IFCO TelNo 2336 at A) so as

Not to delay

action.

However

I would be grate hel ber

your

advice on

the paragraph

we

were

proposing

to include in the

speaking note. This is at B ( the draft telegrams).

pord I of Flag B (the draft

Pas the post

If so

сме

1997 position

may send

a

factually accurate?

Follow up,

Not yet gone iN.

Peking have Not

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10/12

CONFIDENTIAL

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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 2336

OF 071635Z DECEMBER 90

AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG

174505 MDHOAN 3168

YOUR TELNO 2329: NCNA STATEMENT ON TOWN PLANNING CAMENDMENT) BILL 1990

1. WE AGREE THAT PEKING SHOULD SEEK AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY TO REPEAT THE MESSAGE THERE. GRATEFUL IF PEKING WOULD TAKE ACTION.

2. ON PARAGRAPH 3 OF TUR, WE HAVE CONSULTED THE GOVERNOR ABOUT THE PUBLIC LINE TO TAKE

AND AGREED THE FOLLOWING:

'WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THE NCNA ABOUT THEIR STATEMENT AND EXPRESSED SURPRISE THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE AN OFFICIAL COMMENT ON SUCH A MATTER INVOLVING THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG.

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1. We agree that Peking should seek an early opportunity to repeat the message there. Grateful if Peking would take action. 152. We would however, suggest some reinforcement of the fact that

dealing with this issue is a matter entirely within the competence of the Hong Kong Government and would be within the

of the speaking note competence of the SARG. We suggest that para 3 could be stopped after 'into effect until 1997' and that a new para 4 inserted as

follows:

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'Issues such as these are matters within the competence of the Hong Kong Government. They would be matters within the competence of the SARG after 1997. The SAR Legislature can, if it so decides, amend the Town Planning (Amendment) Bill after July 1997, like any other law."

We have consulted the

the

Governor

(public)

about the flive to take d 3. We agree that you will need a fairly firm public time in

following:

and

agree Hong Kong, but we wonder whether that proposed in para 3 of tur

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