CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 78
RECER
BEGISTRY
HKD241/1
20 FEB 1990
DFSK OFF!
OF 08040OZ JANUARY 90
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP
HONG KONG
OUR TELNO 63: HONG KONG BILL OF RIGHTS
172357
MDHIAN 1508
Ms Barrelt is content,
tho' die would like
to rehm to the
inational security, point alter
TOP COPY Q DIST ?
The consultation period.
1 WE ARE FAXING TO STONE, HKD, THE FINAL EXCO MEMORANDUM WITH THE WHITE BILL AS PROMISED IN TUR. THE CHANGES WHICH HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED IN THE FINAL BILL ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(A)
CLAUSE 2(3):
THE WORD QUOTE TECHNICAL UNQUOTE BEFORE QUOTE RULES OF INTERPRETATION UNQUOTE HAS BEEN DELETED AS BEING UNNECESSARY
(B)
CLAUSE 4(1):
THE LAST LINE IS SLIGHTLY AMENDED
(C) CLAUSE 4(2):
THE REFERENCE TO CAP. 1 IS DROPPED IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES IN LEGCO PROCEDURES
(D) CLAUSE 6(2):
THE WORDS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS SUBCLAUSE IS NOT LIMITED TO TORTIOUS REMEDIES
(E) CLAUSE 7:
IT IS MADE CLEARER THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND COMPANIES ARE BOUND
(F) PART III:
THE HEADING NOW READ QUOTE RESERVATIONS UNQUOTE
(G) CLAUSE 9:
THE EXPRESSION QUOTE DEFENCE FORCES UNQUOTE IS REPLACED BY QUOTE ARMED FORCES OF THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF HONG KONG UNQUOTE, AND
(H) CLAUSE 11:
WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE WORDING OF THE ORIGINAL RESERVATION VERY CLOSELY.
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