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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PEKING

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YOUR TELNO 1838 AND PEKING TELNO 873: HONG KONG BILL OF RIGHTS:

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1. WE WILL OF COURSE BE GUIDED BY YOU AND PEKING. BUT IS IT RIGHT THAT QUOTE FA AN UNQUOTE EQUATES TO QUOTE LAW UNQUOTE QUERY. WE BELIEVE THE CHINESE PRACTICE IS TO USE QUOTE FA UNQUOTE ALONE IN THE TITLE OF LAWS AND QUOTE FA AN UNQUOTE FOR QUOTE BILL UNQUOTE ONLY IN THE SENSE OF DRAFT LAW (WHICH IS OF COURSE NOT THE SENSE IN WHICH IT IS USED IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS). WE HAD THEREFORE ENVISAGED THE CHINESE TRANSLATIONS OF THE TITLE

AS QUOTE REN QUAN FA UNQUOTE FOR THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND QUOTE REN QUAN FA TIAO LI UNQUOTE FOR BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE.

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