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(C) GARRISON:
THE MEETING AGREED THAT INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE GARRISON SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF THE SAR ONCE THEY WERE OUTSIDE THEIR BASE AREAS. DEFENCE COSTS SHOULD BE BORNE BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. MOBILISATION OF TROOPS IN THE SAR WOULD BE UNDER THE DIRECT AUTHORITY OF THE CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION BUT REQUESTS TO MOBILISE THE TROOPS COULD BE MADE BY THE SAR CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO THE COMMISSION THROUGH THE LIAISON OFFICER.
(D) CHIEF EXECUTIVE:
SOME HK BLDC MEMBERS SUGGESTED THAT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE SHOULD BE OF THE RANK OF VICE-PREMIER OR STATE COUNCILLOR. THIS WAS OPPOSED BY THE CHINESE BLDC MEMBERS, WHO SAID THAT SINCE SUCH APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE BY THE PREMIER, THE PROPOSAL SHOULD NOT BE WRITTEN INTO THE BASIC LAW. (IN TALKING TO THE PRESS AFTER THE MEETING, XU JATUN SAID THAT HE COULD APPRECIATE THE WISHES OF THOSE MEMBERS RAISING THE PROPOSAL, AND CONFIRMED THAT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE COULD BE APPOINTED AS VICE-PREMIER OR STATE COUNCILLOR EVEN IF HE WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY.)
(E) PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
SOME SUGGESTED THAT NPC DELEGATES OF THE SAR SHOULD IN FUTURE BE ELECTED FROM HK DIRECT AND THERE SHOULD BE A GREATER NUMBER OF DELEGATES REPRESENTING THE SAR. THERE WAS, HOWEVER, NO PROPOSAL ON HOW THE DELEGATES SHOULD BE ELECTED.
(F) CONFLICT BETWEEN THE BASIC LAW AND LAWS OF THE SAR:
THE MEETING NOTED THAT THE SAR LEGISLATURE COULD ON ITS OWN AUTHORITY ENACT LAWS. THE LAWS WOULD BE REGARDED AS VALID IF THEY WERE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIC LAW AND LEGAL PROCEDURES. NO CONCLUSION WAS, HOWEVER, REACHED ON HOW TO HANDLE LAWS WHICH WERE IN CONFLICT WITH THE BASIC LAW.
(G) CHINA-OWNED ENTERPRISES:
THE MEETING AGREED THAT REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES SET UP BY CHINA-OWNED ENTERPRISES IN HK SHOULD BE TREATED THE SAME AS PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS.
(H) ENTRY OF MAINLAND CHINESE PEOPLE INTO HONG KONG:
THE MEETING AGREED ATHAT THIS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE CONTROLLED. CHINESE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO COME TO THE SAR SHOULD FIRST SEEK THE APPROVAL OF THE STATE COUNCIL AND THEN THE CONSENT OF THE
SAR AUTHORITY.
(1) EXTERNAL AFFAIRS:
THE MEETING CONSIDERED THAT THERE WERE VERY CLEAR PROVISIONS REGARDING EXTERNAL AFFAIRS IN ANNEX TO THE JOINT DECLARATION. ALL THAT REMAINED TO BE DONE WAS TO TRANSPLANT THE JD PROVISIONS INTO THE BASIC LAW.
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