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MIPT: LETTER FROM THE EARL OF WINCHILSEA: STATUS OF PRISONERS IN
1997
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TEXT OF OUR PROPOSED REPLY IS AS FOLLOWS:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF 10 AUGUST TO SIMON
GLENARTHUR, WHO IS CURRENTLY ON HOLIDAY. THE ISSUES YOU RAISE
ARE COMPLEX. BUT, SO FAR AS I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY YOUR
CONCERNS, I BELIEVE I CAN OFFER YOU REASSURANCE ON A NUMBER OF
IMPORTANT POINTS.
FIRST, AFTER 1997 HONG KONG, AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE
REGION (SAR) OF THE PRC, WILL HAVE A SEPARATE LEGAL SYSTEM FROM
THAT OF THE REST OF THE PRC. IT WILL HAVE ITS OWN SYSTEM OF
LAWS, INDEPENDENT JUDICIAL POWER AND LEGISLATIVE POWER IN THE SAR
WILL BE VESTED IN THE SAR LEGISLATURE. THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT
DECLARATION IS ABSOLUTELY EXPLICIT IN THIS RESPECT. THE COURTS
OF THE SAR WILL BE OBLIGED TO DECIDE CASES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
SAR'S LAWS.
YOU ARE CONCERNED AT THE POSSIBILITY THAT A FUGITIVE
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