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5. EXISTING CONSTITUTIONALIINSTRUMENTS RELATING TO HONG (EG THE LETTERSPPATENT AND THE ROYAL NNSTRUCTIONS) WOULD BE REVOKED. THE
PROVISIONS OF THOSE INSTRUMENTS WHICH MIGHT BE RELEVANT TO THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SAR WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE BASIC
LAW OF THE SAR OR IN SUBSIDIARY SAR LEGISLATION, WITH SUCH
AMENDMENT AS MIGHT BE NECESSARY. EXAMPLES ARE:
(A) THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WITH THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS SEMI COLON
(B) THE POWERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS SEMI
COLON
(C) THE APPOINTMENT AND POWERS OF JUDICIARY.
THE NEW PROVISIONS WOULD ENSHRINE THE MAXIMUM DEGREE OF AUTONOMY FOR HONG KONG (CHINA) IN RESPECT OF THE EXERCISE OF EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS. CONTINUING PROVISION WOULD
BE MADE FOR THE SEPARATION OF EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL POWERS.
6. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SAR WOULD HAVE POWERS TO CONDUCT ALL
MATTERS RELATING TO THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE SAR AND THE
CONDUCT OF ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL EXTERNAL RELATIONS WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. ON FOREIGN POLICY AND
DEFENCE QUESTIONS AFFECTING HONG KONG THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND
THE SAR GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSULT TOGETHER.
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES
7. THE CONFIDENCE NECESSARY FOR CONTINUING STABILITY AND
PROSPERITY IN HONG KONG WILL REQUIRE CONTINUITY OF INSTITUTIONS
WHICH WILL DEMONSTRATE HONG KONG'S EFFECTIVE AUTONOMY. THIS
IMPLIES THAT, WHILE PROVISION FOR GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES WILL BE
MADE BY THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS OF THE PRC AS PART OF THE
BASIC LAW OF THE SAR OF HONG KONG (CHINA), THEY SHOULD INVOLVE A HIGH DEGREE OF CONTINUITY AND THE GENERATION OF HONG KONG'S
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE SAR AND WITHOUT
OUTSIDE INVOLVEMENT.
8. THE GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT THAT EXISTED IN HONG
KONG IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO 1 JULY 1997 WOULD THEREFORE REMAIN
ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED. THIS IMPLIES THAT THERE WOULD BE A CHIEF
EXECUTIVE, AN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, REGIONAL
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