4. Moreover, the Japanese proposal to delete Hay Kong from the 1957 Exchange of Notes is apparently designed to ensure that those derwing their status from Hong Kong are no longer covered by that Exchange of Notes, Thus, if we accept the Japanese proposal, they could subsequently terminate the measures set out in their Note Verbale, and Hong Kong would be left with nothing.
5. As regards para. 7 of Hong Kong Telmo 921, I Suspect that the Japanese proposal to delete Singapore and Malaya
is no more than tidying --up exercise; we ought to clarify this. In any event, one could easily re-draft the Note proposed by the Japanese to make this explicit (e.g. by having two paragraphs, one concerning Hong Kong and one concerning Malaya and Singapore).
6. Ід
а
BN(0) passport will "bear on the outside cover the words "United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
(C \
then holders of such a passport would be covered by para. 1 of the 1957 Exchange of Notes, ever if Hong Kong were to be deleted, and even after 1997,
28/3/90
C.A. whomesley
Legal Advisers
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.