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The present wording will will have implications First, for drafting

for the existing RI

consistency, the term

similarly amended.

XXI(2)(b).

"Deputy President" will have to be Secondly, there might not be a

situation where the senior ex-officio Member will have to preside at a LegCo meeting because there is no President's

deputy.

This being so, RI XXI (2)(b) might become superfluous and could be repealed in its entirety. Further

amendments will then need to be made to the proposed RI

XXI (3) to remove reference to "the senior ex-officio

Member".

As the Privy Council is to meet to-day, we recognize that it might be very difficult to put forward

amendments at this very late stage, but we would be grateful if you would try your best. You would appreciate that it is extremely embarrassing to have inconsistent

references to "the President's deputy" and "Deputy President"; this could give rise to interpretation problem

in future.

The substitution for the latter reference is

only a minor textual amendment and this alone, we trust, should not pose undue difficulties.

I will telephone at 1710002 to discuss further.

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Gours ever,

Дель

(Joseph Y.T. Lai)

for Secretary for Constitutional Affairs

Ms. Bridget Paris, HKD, FCO

D of Adm. (Attn.: Ms. Annie Tam) we spoke

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