TNAG-2737-FCO40-3950-Hong-Kong-Letters-Patent-1993-1993 — Page 158

22 January 1993

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Joseph Y T Lai Esq

Constitutional Affairs Branch

Government Secretariat

Lower Albert Road

Hong Kong

Dear Joseph,

Foreign &

Commonwealth

Office

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London SW1A 2AH

Telephone: 071-270 2652

Mi3 01713

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25 JAN 1993

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CONSTITUTIONAL PACKAGE: COMPOSITION OF 1995 LEGCO: AMENDMENTS TO THE LETTERS PATENT AND ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS

Thank you for your letter of 21 January to Mr Whitney outlining your current proposals for amending the Letters Patent and Royal Instructions to take account of the proposals for the composition of the 1995 LegCo.

Privy Council Meetings will be held on 10 and 31 March. There will be no meeting in April, but there will be a meeting in mid-May. Papers must be with the Privy Council Office by 4 and 25 March respectively, but as we also need some time to submit the amendments within the FCO, the deadline for the final version of the amendments to reach our department would have to be 25 February and 18 March respectively.

It would be helpful if we could receive the draft amendments

soon as possible so that there is sufficient time for legal advice to be given at our end and for agreement to be reached on them.

Yars siicerely, Budget fais

Bridget Paris

Hong Kong Department

cc Miss Brooks, Legal Counsellor