DSR 11C
At the same time the Chinese authorities are
drafting the Basic Law setting out the policies which, in
accordance with the terms of the Joint Declaration on
Hong Kong's future, will be applied in the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region after 1997.
handle
to poorrote in accordance) with the wishes and
needs of Hong Kong
people.
You suggest that the Chinese Government is trying to
democratic development in Hong Kong.
restrict
something
Such
development is a matter for the British and Hong Kong Governments) But it
is obviously desirable that the
that
system which is now evolving should be compatible with
which, under the provisions of the Joint
Declaration, will be in place in 1997.
encouraging signs that this compatibility
There are
aim
can be
Secured achieved.
The Chinese authorities are consulting Hong
Kong people very widely on the terms of the Basic Law,
both through the Hong Kong participats on the Basic Law
Drafting Committee✶ and through the
Consultative Committee which has been established in the
territory. The first draft of the
published in 1988.
review of
Basic
Law
Basic Law will be
Thus the Hong Kong Government's
representative
government,
and the Chinese
consultative process on the terms of the draft Basic Law,
will go ahead
on both sidess
in parallel, în consultation with a wide
range of public opinion in Hong Kong. There are thus
achieving
is desirable believing that
that compatibility will be
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good
grounds
achieved.
for
the
which
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