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SHALL NOT BE PRACTICED THERE.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR SIGNATURE?
6) IF DRAFT AGREEMENT ACCEPTABLE TO PARLIAMENT, IT WILL BE
SIGNED IN PEKING ON 19 DECEMBER BY THE PRIME MINSITER AND CHINESE
PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG.
TIMING AND CONTENT OF LEGISLATION
7)
FOLLOWING SIGNATURE OF AGREEMENT, PARLIAMENT WILL NEED TO
PASS LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT ITS PROVISIONS BEFORE RATIFICATION
CAN TAKE PLACE. AGREEMENT STATES THAT RATIFICATION WILL BE
BEFORE 30 JUNE 1985. PRECISE CONTENT OF LEGISLATION HAS YET TO
BE DETERMINED.
POSSIBLE CHANGES IN HONG KONG'S NEEDS BETWEEN NOW AND 1997?
8) OF COURSE HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP BETWEEN NOW AND
1997. BUT BELIEVE CONSISTENT NEED IS FOR ASSURANCE THAT HONG
KONG CAN REMAIN STABLE AND PROSPEROUS. AGREEMENT PROVIDES SUCH
ASSURANCE. SETS OUT IN CLEAR, DETAILED AND BINDING FORM,
FRAMEWORK OF ARRANGEMENTS WHICH ARE BEST POSSIBLE GUARANTEE OF
CONTINUING STABILITY/PROSPERITY UP TO AND AFTER 1997.
SURGE OF EMIGRATION APPLICATIONS SINCE INITIALLING OF AGREEMENT
9) (OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS) HONG KONG TO PROVIDE (CLOSE SQUARE
BRACKETS).
B. SECTION I: CONSTITUTION
DIRECTLY ELECTED DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT AS 'SAFEGUARD' OF
HONG KONG'S CONTINUED AUTONOMY?
[10) AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR AN ELECTED LEGISLATURE AS ONE OF THE
PACKAGE OF ARRANGEMENTS DESIGNED TO GIVE CONSIDERABLE AUTONOMY TO
FUTURE SAR. PRECISE PACE OF DEMOCRATIC EVOLUTION BETWEEN NOW AND
1997 WILL BE MATTER FOR CONSIDEREATION BY HMG AND HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT. WHITE PAPER PUBLISHED IN HONG KONG ON 21 NOVEMBER TOOK
ACCOUNT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS IN HONG KONG ON PROPOSALS IN GREEN
PAPER PUBLISHED IN JULY.
CHINESE REACTIONS TO EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY IN HONG KONG?
11) THE AGREEMENT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT HMG IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG UP TO 1997. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
HAS PUBLISHED A WHITE PAPER ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, IN LIGHT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS ON GREEN
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