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MR RENTON'S VISIT TO HONG KONG (27-31 OCTOBER 1985)
4.
BASIC LAW
Points to Mak in Public
1.
Government.
2.
Drafting of the Basic Law a matter for Chinese
Welcome decision to include Hong Kong people on Basic
Law Drafting Committee and to establish Basic Law Consultative
Committee in Hong Kong.
3.
Agreement makes clear that Basic Law will embody Chinese
policies for Hong Kong as set out in Joint Declaration and as
elaborated in Annex 1.
DEFENSIVE
4.
Courts of Special
[Interpretation of the Basic Law. ]
Administrative Region will be required to
act in accordance
with the Basic Law which will be one of
of the laws of the SAR.
If in any proceedings there arises a question as to the meaning
of that law,
I would expect the Hong Kong court involved to
determine that question, in accordance with judicial precedent
and subject to
the usual appeal procedures. Agreement after
the SAR shall be vested
all makes clear that judicial power
in the courts of
of the SAR. It also makes clear that the power
of final judgment will be vested in the court of final
final appeal
in the SAR.
5.
government
[Post-197 Government structure.] Agreement includes a
number of important provisions on this:
and
legislature to be composed of local inhabitants, legislature to be consituted by elections, executive authorities to be
legislature. [If pressed.] Development
accountable
to
representative
of
in Hong
Kong
SO
far entirely
government
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