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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
- 7 FEB 1984
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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
IKEB
TELEGRAM NUMBER 204 OF 3 FEBRUARY
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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MIPT: WORKING PAPER ON CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES:
THE CHINESE PLAN
1. THE HONG KONG SAR, DIRECTLY UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, WOULD BE ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 31 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
2. THE BASIC SYSTEM OF THE HONG KONG SAR WOULD BE PRESCRIBED IN
THE BASIC LAW AND WOULD CONTINUE FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST 50
YEARS. THE BASIC LAW WOULD BE DRAFTED AND ENACTED BY THE
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS. IT WOULD DEAL WITH SUCH MATTERS AS
THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS IN THE SAR, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CENTRAL AUTHORITIES AND THE SAR, THE POWERS OF AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATURE AND JUDICIARY O
THE SAR AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ITS CITIZENS.
3. THE HONG KONG SAR WOULD ENJOY A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY. ΤΗ LAWS, DECREES AND REGULATIONS CURRENTLY IN FORCE WOULD REMAIN BASICALLY UNCHANGED. THE SAR GOVERNMENT COULD MAKE ITS OWN LAWS
WHICH IT WOULD REPORT TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL
PEOPLE'S CONGRESS FOR THE RECORD. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WOULD
NOT INTERVENE SO LONG AS THE SAR MADE LAWS WITHIN THE SPHERE AND
LIMITS OF ITS AUTHORITY AS PRESCRIBED BY THE BASIC LAW AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEGAL PROCEDURES.
4. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SAR WOULD BE COMPOSED OF
LOCAL INHABITANTS. CHIEF OFFICIALS WOULD BE NOMINATED BY THE SA
GOVERNMENT AND APPOINTED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. OTHER
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