SECRET
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 934
OF 26094OZ MARCH 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
SECRET
TOR COPY
HKK 011/1
RECEIVED IN MEĜISTRY
26 MAR 1986
BLOK OFFICER
PA
REGISTRY
Action Taken
AjBoy
135
YOUR TELNO 564 AND PEKING TELNO 438:
147
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, THE BASIC LAW AND THE 1987 REVIEW.
1. THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE TEXT IN HONG
KONG TELNO 852:
A) TITLE. ''AN ANALYSIS OF THE SSUES WHICH THE BASIC LAW WILL
HAVE TO ADDRESS''
B) PARA 1 NOW READS
''PARAGRAPH 3(12) OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION (JD) STATES THAT THE BASIC POLICIES OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA REGARDING HONG KONG AND THE ELABORATION OF THEM ON ANNEX TO THE
JOINT DECLARATION WILL BE STIPULATED IN A BASIC LAW OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION BY THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, AND THEY WILL REMAIN
UNCHANGED FOR 50 YEARS.'
C) PARA 7(A) NOW READS
''THE BASIC LAW CONTAINS AN EXACT REPETITION OF ANNEX TO THE JOINT DECLARATION, OR AT LEAST FULL AND ACCURATE EXTRACTS FROM HT, WITHOUT RESTRICTIVE INTERPRETATIONS:**
D) PARA 10(A) NOW READS
THERE IS ALREADY PROVISION FOR THE EXISTING RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF
HONG KONG PEOPLE TO BE CONTINUED IN THEIR ENTIRETY. SECTION XJ
OF ANNEX TO THE JOINT DECLARATION ENSURES CONTAINED APPLICATION
TO HONG KONG OF THE TWO INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS. THESE RIGHTS
AND FREEDOMS EXIST FOR THE MOST PART IN THE COMMON LAW OR
ORDINANCES, AND ANY ATTEMPT TO CODIFY OR CATALOGUE THESE RIGHTS WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO LIMIT THEM THAN TO PRESERVE OR EXTEND
THEM:''
SEORET
/=)
157