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CONFIDENTIAL

Amendments to the Basic Law

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To welcome the fact that amendments emanating from the SAR

must have local approval because of the requirement for

LegCo (not ExCo) consent.

Article 158

- To point out that we argue for the inclusion of an

explicit reference to the Joint Declaration and to explain

why the Chinese considered that no such reference was

necessary.

CONFIDENTIAL