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1. OUR FAX LETTERS OF 25 MAY AND 29 MAY ON APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

2. AS THE NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT WILL BE ESTABLISHED ON 2 JULY AND AS MISS A C WATERS, THE RECOMMENDED CANDIDATE (A SERVING OFFICER IN REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT) WILL BE AWAY FROM HONG KONG ON DUTY VISIT FROM 9 JUNE TO 27 JUNE, GRATEFUL FOR URGENT APPROVAL FOR HER APPOINTMENT SO THAT AN OFFER COULD BE MADE BEFORE HER DEPARTURE.

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HM Treasury

Sir Peter Middleton GCB Permanent Secretary

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B43113

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Parliament Street

London SWIP 3AG

Telephone 071-270 4360

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The Hon Nellie Kut-Man Fong JP

Juw 1990

Legislative

Office of Members of the Executive and Legislative Councils Legislative Council Building

8 Jackson Road

Central

HONG KONG

1 June 1990

Dear Nellie,

Q

Thank you for your letter of 15 May. I recall with pleasure our meeting in Hong Kong and on the flight to Peking. My visit there was indeed an enjoyable one.

In your letter, you raised a question about expatriate civil servants in Hong Kong. I have consulted the Departments concerned in Whitehall. As far as potential vetting problems are concerned, we would not consider service in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as constituting grounds for barring individuals from taking up a future Crown appointment. Expatriate civil servants in this position would not be prevented from working in the British Civil Service, nor would their dependants.

I hope that this is reassuring.

Mr Stage 4/6

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PE MIDDLETON

Switchboard 071-270 3000

Fax 071-270 5653

Telex 9413704

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