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The Rt. Hon. John Major,
Prime Minister,
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Hong Kong.
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5th/September, 1991
Dear Prime Minister,
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I want to thank you most warmly on behalf of all my colleagues for the time you gave us in Executive Council this morning: in particular, for the sympathetic and sensitive way in which you listened to our views.
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breach.
There was just one point on which I did not wish to detain the Council this morning but I feel I must write to set the record straight. In regard to the nationality restriction in the Joint Declaration, later extended in the Basic Law, it has always been explained to us that the Chinese were "stretching" the Joint
that it the Joint Declaration,
not
is I understand that there
well accepted legal principle Expressio Unius est exclusio alterius! which says that "the mention of one thing is the exclusion of another" or "that which is expressed puts an end to that which is unspoken." There is no doubt, therefore, that this is
that this is a breach in the letter as well as in the spirit.
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In addition, this contravention took place long before the airport developed as a problem some two to three
ago when the Basic Law was
and drafted promulgated. I am not aware that it was ever raised or discussed with the Chinese.
years
later
I am following up the discussion with this point. because we feel strongly that this is not a legitimate "stretch"!
I hope that you and Mrs. Major will have a safe and comfortable journey home and take back good memories of your visit to Hong Kong.
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