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meet until 27 October and that consequently any approved amendments will not be ready for gazettal until round about mid-December, any flexibility gained is likely marginal. We think therefore that we should review our position in early October in the light of progress made in the talks and also LegCo's pressure. In the meantime, however, some preparatory work will nonetheless be needed. At our end, we will start work on the drafting of the two

separate sets of amendments. These will be faxed over for

course. when they are ready in due

As for your comments any necessary work relating to the revocation of the signed amendments, I wonder if the FCO Legal Advisers could offer

some assistance as they Would presumably have more expertise than we do in this area.

I hope you have enjoyed your stay in Hong Kong!

Your every

(Joseph Y.T. Lai)

for Secretary for Constitutional Affairs

c.c. Attorney General's Chambers

(Attn: Mr James O'Neil

Mrs N Dissanayake)

Director of Administration

(Attn: Miss Annie Tam)