2
}
Our unanimous conclusion is that whilst auch
postulations may provide some interesting food for thought, the In the conclusions seems to have been based on false premises. emotive spirit under which this Bill has been discussed in the past month, we feel duty bound for the common good of Hong Kong, to try our best to explain first how we perceive the intention of this clause and secondly to sound a note of caution against the blind acceptance of unfounded misgivings and erroneous assumptions as grounds for reflecting the clause,
LegCo Members
The
Clause 14 (2) is indeed in a format that has been used traditionally in territories where the responsibility for defence and foreign policy lies with the sovereign atate. aim is to spell out clearly to LegCo Members where the limit lies in exercising their future duties. cannot unilaterally command access to files containing written communicatione (for example, in the form of minutes, memoranda, and letters) on the armed forces, on matters affecting the security of Hong Kong and on matters such as foreign policy that fall directly under the responsibility of HMG as regardą Hong Kong up to 1997 and after 1997 the direct responsibility wider' the PRC for the years beytaid.
It must also be emphasized that the dominant word here le 'correspondence', which must be treated in a more cautious way
than
evidence, oral or documentary,
in language a layman may understand.
To give an example
Imagine that there were
rumours about aubmarines heing built in a dockyard in H.K,