TNAG-2777-FCO40-3994-Parliamentary-relations-White-Paper-on-Representational-Gove-1993 — Page 23

CONFIDENTIAL

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Just the question I date

first sentence: 76, first Dara. in this sentence

"(the total

the

passage

in

franchise under

Page 28. brackets their proposals would be about 130,000)* does not make it sufficiently clear that this figure includes the 110,000 for in the existing constituencies. already accounted The point would be stronger if we deleted the bracketed

and added

sentence A new

after "very small passage

follows: The 9 new constituencies constituencies" as they were proposing would add only about 20,000 voters

for the the franchise of

constituencies.

110,000

existing

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I think that Page 34, Annex 1, Column 3 and Column 4: the amendment suggested in my letter of December 2 to the third colum has ended up in the fourth column in the of Column 3 (1.0. headed proof. The fourth sentenda of

read fact should in "Revised

Proposals"} British

first three sectors of to the

EC by block "Election vote"). Column 4 (i.e. headed "Chinese Proposals") is Correct in the original typed version i.e. the manuscript amendment is wrong.

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A point on the cover page, and the first inside page of the Paper. We are proposing, in the version we to keep le cover page (i... page 2 in your print here,

but our inside page (1.8. page ] fax) the same as yours; of your fax) will simply have a note on it saying "This While Paper reproduces the text Representative Parliament by the Secretary of Commonwealth Affairs by Command of December 1993." any difficulty.

Government

in

to

of the White Paper on

presented Hong Kong

State for Foreign and of Her Majesty on

Please let me know if this causes you

That's all, I hope.

I

am grateful for your patience and for the expert way in which you and your colleagues have absorbed all our comments over the past

faw weeks.

You

ever

Matin

(M.J. Dinham)

Personal Adviser to the Governor

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