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appropriate protection against the unauthorised
communication of confidential information, the
Administration would be considerably disadvantaged and
vulnerable in seeking to implement the major political and
structural chances envisaged during the period up to 1997.
One particular area that needs protection is, of course,
our various negotiating positions in the JLG context.
CHINESE REACTION
16.
The Chinese are unlikely to favour the provisions
of the 1989 Act and are likely to react with suspicion to
its application to Hong Kong. They will probably conclude
that its application is designed to restrict their ability
to argue for more draconian provisions either pre- or
post-1997.
17.
If they raise the matter with us, we can point out
that the legislation to be extended will lapse in 1997, and
that we envisage discussions at an appropriate time aimed
at ensuring that the SARG has adequate legislation in place
by July 1997. We can explain the delay in extending the
1989 Act to Hong Kong as a simple administrative one.
13.
Extension of the 1989 Act to Hong Kong would, of
course, provide a more acceptable baseline than section î
of the 1911 Act from which to localise legislation, and
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