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YOUR TELNO 567: ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG 1990

THANK YOU FOR THE FAX COPY OF THE TEXT OF THIS REPORT AS SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. IN THE COURSE OF PREPARING THE PRINTED TEXT HERE, WE HAVE NOTICED THREE, POSSIBLY TYPOGRAPHICAL, ERRORS:

THE NUMBER OF APPOINTED

(A) PARA 26, PENULTIMATE SENTENCE: MEMBERS WILL DECREASE FROM 20 TO 18 (NOT/NOT 17) INCLUDING THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT, WHO WILL ALSO BE AN APPOINTED MEMBER. WE HAVE TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF AMENDING THE LAST FIGURE IN THE SENTENCE TO QUOTE 18 UNQUOTE:

(B) PARA 43:

SOME WORDS SEEM TO BE MISSING BETWEEN THE WORDS QUOTE INCREASE UNQUOTE AND QUOTE EDUCATION UNQUOTE. OUR FIRST DRAFT READS HERE QUOTE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PLACES FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION UNQUOTE:

(C) PARA 58, FIRST SENTENCE:

WE HAVE TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF INSERTING QUOTE HK UNQUOTE BEFORE QUOTE D240 MILLION UNQUOTE TO RENDER IT CONSISTENT WITH OTHER REFERENCES TO HK DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THE REPORT. INCIDENTALLY, EXCEPT FOR ONE INSTANCE IN PARA 9, THE STERLING EQUIVALENTS OF HK DOLLAR AMOUNTS HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE REPORT. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION THAT THIS IS INDEED YOUR INTENTION.

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ON LOGISTICS AND TIMING, WE ASSUME THAT AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS INDEPENDENT ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE IN THE UK AND HONG KONG THE PRINTING AND PUBLICATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT. WHETHER WE ON OUR SIDE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THE TARGET DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 15 APRIL WILL, HOWEVER, DEPEND ON HOW SOON THE FOREWORD CAN BE FINALISED. WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS BUT WILL STILL NEED ABOUT ONE WEEK AFTER RECEIPT OF THE FINAL TEXT OF THE FOREWORD TO PRINT THE REPORT AND READY IT FOR PUBLICATION. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE THEREFORE, A

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