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ACCOUNTABILITY:
ARTICLE IN ORIENTAL DAILY
HONG KONG TELNO 2201:
NEWS
1.
HE HAD
THE BACKGROUND TO THIS STORY IS THAT ON 4 JULY DITCHE
ASKED NEWS DEPARTMENT FOR A COMMENT ON 'ACCOUNTABILITY',
BEEN ASKED BY THE ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE FCO
HAD A DEFINITION OF THE TERM.
2.
AFTER CONSULTING HKD, NEWS DEPARTMENT TOLD DITCHE,
UNATTRIBUTABLY, THAT:
(A)
(B)
(C)
SECTION I OF ANNEX I TO THE JOINT DECLARATION INCLUDED
THE SENTENCE 'THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES SHALL ABIDE BY
THE LAW AND SHALL BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE LEGISLATURE':
ARTICLE 3(12) OF THE JOINT DECLARATION PROVIDED THAT THE
DECLARATION AND ANNEX WOULD BE STIPULATED IN THE BASIC
LAW:
THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE HAD STARTED ITS WORK,
AND WOULD NO DOUBT DRAFT SUITABLE PROVISIONS WITHIN THE
FRAMEWORK OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
ASKED WHETHER ACCOUNTABILITY WOULD BE ON THE JLG AGENDA, NEWS
DEPARTMENT REPLIED THAT THE AGENDA OF THE JLG WAS CONFIDENTIAL.
NEWS DEPARTMENT HAVE TODAY (9 JULY) SPOKEN AGAIN TO
3.
HKRouli
RELL
200.
25 JUL 1986
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