TNAG-2322-FCO40-3366-Hong-Kong-Bill-of-Rights-amendment-to-Letters-Patent-1991 — Page 17

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FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 1600

OF 220521Z MAY 91

INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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MDHIAN 7732

YRTELNO 962: AMENDMENTS TO LETTERS PATENT AND ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. MANY THANKS FOR TUR AND THE FAXED COPIES OF THE AUTHENTICATED INSTRUMENTS. THE HONG KONG LETTERS PATENT 1991 (NO. 1) AND THE HONG KONG ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS 1991 WERE GAZETTED ON 21 MAY IN AN EXTRAORDINARY ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. THE HONG KONG LETTERS PATENT 1991 (NO. 2) DEALING WITH THE ENTRENCHMENT OF THE ICCPR HAS NOT/NOT BEEN GAZETTED. THIS WILL BE DONE LATER, IN SYNCHRONISATION WITH THE ENACTMENT OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS, AS YOU ARE AWARE.

2. WE AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF THE OFFICIAL COPIES OF THE THREE INSTRUMENTS BY BAG, WE WOULD ASSUME.

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