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PERSONAL OF GOVERNOR FROM RICKETTS, HKD
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AMENDMENTS TO THE LETTERS PATENT (LPS) AND ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS (RIS): CLARIFICATIONS SOUGHT
1.
WE ARE NOW DRAFTING THE ORDER(S) THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PUT IN PLACE THOSE CHANGES WHICH YOU INTEND TO BRING INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR URGENT ADVICE ON A NUMBER OF POINTS, TO ENABLE US TO PROCEED.
ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS
2.
" THE WORD REMAINING'
RI VIII (3) SUB PARA (B).
APPEARS TO SERVE NO PURPOSE. DO YOU AGREE AND IF SO WOULD YOU LIKE US TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE IT QUERY.
3. RI XIX AND XXI. WE ASSUME THAT YOU WISH THAT THERE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE A DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUT THAT HE/SHE SHOULD BE ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF LEGCO (AS OPPOSED TO APPOINTED BY YOU).
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4 RI XXI (1), (2) AND (5) DO YOU WISH THE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN ANY ELECTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT OR DEPUTY PRESIDENT AND TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE ELECTED TO SUCH POSITIONS? PRESUMABLY NOT THE LATTER, AT LEAST?
5. RI XX1A (1) DO YOU WISH TO CONSIDER MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THIS PROVISION AT THIS STAGE QUERY. THIS IS A USEFUL POWER AND ARGUABLY DERIVES FROM YOUR POSITION AS THE PERSON ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY (RI XXXVII). THE BASIC LAW DOES NOT SEEM TO MAKE A SIMILAR PROVISION.
6. RI XX1A (2) THIS AGAIN IS A USEFUL POWER. BUT THE BASIC LAW (BL 72 (4) CONFERS THIS POWER ON THE PRESIDENT OF LEGCO POST 1997. DO YOU WISH TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO IT AT THIS STAGE QUERY
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