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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

MONG KONG

布政司署

香港下

**** OUR REF

*TH YOUR REP ·

Ms. Bridget Paris

Hong Kong Department

Prt BP 9/12

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Foreign and Commonwealth office

London SW1A ZAH

U.K.

3 December 1992

WWWB ORAO

Dear Ms. Paris,

Elected LegCo President and CBF's

Many thanks

ExCo Membership

for your faxed letter of 2 December.

I am pleased to say that we are now in a position to respond to the printed copy of the Letters Patent amendment and the amendments to the Royal Instructions.

We agree with the amendment to the Letters Patent Article VI(1)(a), and also the amendments to Royal Instructions Clauses II, VIII(3), XIX, XXI (3) and XXII.

on

(our

Оп Clause XXI (1) for the avoidance of any doubt whether the ex-officio Members may be elected President is that they should not be), we suggest to

intention

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