TNAG-2158-FCO40-3078-Hong-Kong-nationality-package-Chinese-views-1990 — Page 134

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ABODE IS ALSO NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION.—- WHETHER THE PROPOSED LIMITATION TO 15 PERCENT MEMBERSHIP IS WORKABLE IS ANOTHER MATTER.

5. ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS JD 74 HAS BEEN INTRODUCED: INTO THE ARGUMENT THAT A NATIONALITY REQUIREMENT OF ANY KIND IN ANY OTHER

BUT JD 74 SPHERE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION. DEALS WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE ONLY. OUR LEGAL ADVISERS ARE CLEAR THAT JD 74 CANNOT BE ADDUCED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATURE.

THE ABOVE VIEW IS BASED EXCLUSIVELY ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION (IE NOT THE CONTENT OF THE NEGOTIATION)..

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