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YOUR TELNO 2426 : PQ : HEUNG YEE KUK AFTER 1997
THE FACT THAT
WE HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH THE PROPOSED REPLY.
THE ROLE OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK IS DEFINED IN AN EXISTING ORDINANCE DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT ROLE, AND THE HEUNG YEE KUK FOR THAT MATTER, WILL CONTINUE AFTER 1997. SECTION 2 OF ANNEX I TO THE JOINT DECLARATION WHICH YOU HAVE QUOTED IN THE REPLY STATES THAT ONLY THOSE LAWS WHICH DO NOT CONTRAVENE THE BASIC LAW WILL SURVIVE 1997. THE FUTURE OF HEUNG YEE KUK IS BEING CONSIDERED BY BLDC, TOGETHER WITH OTHER REGIONAL AND DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS, IN THE CONTEXT OF SECTION 5, CHAPTER 4 OF THE DRAFT STRUCTURE OF THE BASIC LAW.
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WE THEREFORE PROPOSE A DIFFERENT ANSWER :
''THIS IS A MATTER ESSENTIALLY FOR THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FUTURE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC PROVISION IN THE JOINT DECLARATION ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG CONCERNING THE FUTURE OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK AFTER 1997. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING IT TOGETHER WITH OTHER REGIONAL AND DISTRICT STATUTORY BODIES IN HONG KONG IN THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW. EXTENSIVE CONSULTATIONS ON THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW ARE TAKING PLACE IN HONG KONG, IN WHICH THE HEUNG YEE KUK TAKES AN ACTIVE PART.'
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