with these countries or territories.
(4) The inter-relationship and co-ordination between the
respective systems of China and the HKSAR:
(a) The posting of the HKSAR respresentatives in the
Central Government:
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The HKSAR Government should have a direct
relation with the Central Government and should not be sub-ordinated to any provincial or muni- cipal local governments.
- The HKSAR should have its representatives in cen- tral organizations such as the NPC and the State Council, and such representatives should be appointed by the HKSAR Government or desig- nated by law, but should not be appointed by the Central Government. Representatives of Hong Kong should participate in state affairs and speak on behalf of Hong Kong people.
If the Central Government should in the future set up a special department in the place of the existing Hong Kong-Macau Office to handle Hong Kong affairs, the HKSAR Government should have its representatives in this department so as to ensure that the Central Government can adequately and correctly assess the situation in Hong Kong with the assistance of the HKSAR Government, and to formulate effective and reasonable policies and measures for Hong Kong. (b) Representatives of the Central Government in the
HKSAR:
If the Central Government were to exercise powers
do
in relation to the appointment of top officials in the HKSAR Government as a symbolic manifes- tion of China's sovereignty, it may consider having a Commissioner in Hong Kong to represent the NCP in the discharge of its functions as aforesaid. The Commissioner as the representative of the Central Governmnet in Hong Kong should only have symbolic and ceremonial functions and should not enjoy any discretionary or veto power. (c) The Central and the Hong Kong Governments should consider all those problems relating to the relationship between the two systems which could not be dealt with in the Basic Law and therefore have to be regulated by legislation passed by both parties:
- The HKSAR Citizens should enjoy different status, right and responsibility as compared with other Chinese Nationals and the most obvious examples are the obligations to pay tax to the Central Government and to be subject to military conscription. The HKSAR Government should therefore have the right to establish a separate category of HKSAR Citizenship as a special type of Chinese Citizen.
- Other problems should include: problems relating to immigration and movement of people between China and Hong Kong; problems relating to the deportation and extradition of criminals and sus- pected criminals between the two territories; pro- blems in relation to mutual recognition and
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