would themselves survive 1997. Only Hong Kong Government Civil Service Regulations would survive. It may be that nearer 1997 eg in January 1997 when the practical need for directions to be given to the Governor in respect of the Civil Service has almost disappeared, that the Hong Kong Government Civil Service Regulations should be amended to include relevant Colonial Regulations which would then be disapplied; but I would have thought that time had not yet come.
4. As regards the points you raise at the end of paragraph 4 of your minute of 16 July, I think I have really dealt above with the suggestion of putting all the provisions on appointments, seniority, salaries and allowance as they appear in the CRS in Hong Kong Regulations. You also suggest putting such provisions in one general clause stating that the Secretary of State has empowered the Governor to make local regulations relating to these matters and that they are included in the HKG's CSRs. It would be wrong to have such a provision in Colonial Regulations. It would be for the Crown and not the Secretary of State to empower the Governor to make such regulations; this would best be done by amending the Letters Patent.
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