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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

MONG KONG

Nigel Whitney Esq.

Foreign and Commonwealth office

Hong Kong Department

19 October 1993

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2.00. 1993

Dear Nijch,

سمعة

Amendments to Letters Patent

and Royal Instructions

This is to follow up

on your telephone

conversation with Vivian Sum on the draft Hong Kong

Additional Instructions 1993 (Revocation)

Brooks has kindly prepared.

1993 which MS

We are

generally content with the draft but would

like to make one observation in relation to clause 1(2)

the Instructions shall come into

which

the

that provides

operation on

face of it,

gazette the

come into

course the

On the

day of signature by Her Majesty.

there does not seem to be any requirement to

Instructions, either before or after they have

operation. From our point of view, this is of

approach : since the Instructions

preferred

which are now the subject of the revocation have never been

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