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本機檔號 OUR REF

*EM YOUR REF:

Mr. Nigel whitney

Hong Kong Department

Foreign & Commonwealth office

Dear Nijel,

By Fax

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

13 July 1993

Amendments to Letters Patent and

Royal Instructions

thanks Many

for

your

letter

of 28

June

to

Vivian Sum and for setting out the detailed procedures for amending the Letters Patent and the Royal Instructions.

We have passed a copy of

to the your letter

Attorney General's Chambers.

In the light of the final paragraph of your letter, the AGC have raised some concerns regarding the validity of the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1992 and the Hong Kong Additional Instructions 1992, gazetted respectively on 18 and 19 February 1993. A copy of their opinions is attached.

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