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will conflict with the Chinese Constitution. The Chinese will be
drafting the Basic Law and will ensure that it
it does not conflict.
Agreement makes absolutely clear that socialist system and policies practised on mainland will not be practised in Hong Kong after 1997.
Responsibility for interpretation of Basic Law?
18. The Basic Law will be one of the laws of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region. The Courts of the SAR must decide cases in
accordance with those laws. Powers of final adjudication will be
vested in those courts. The agreement does not however say which
court of the SAR is to have the final responsibility for the interpretation and application of the Basic Law. Key point is the
Basic Law will embody Chinese policies for Hong Kong set out in
Joint Declaration and elaborated in Annex 1.
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Vietnamese Refugees
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We are making every effort
in cooperation with the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
for Refugees and other countries, to seek permanent solutions for the refugees who are in Hong Kong and other
places of first asylum.
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