1989-06-12
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TRANSCRIPT B: SELECT COMMITTEE ON HONG KONG
12 JUNE 1989
FROM JAMES LEE FOR COI RADIO TECHNICAL SERVICES
TRANSCRIPT OF MEETING OF
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
IN LONDON, ON MONDAY, 12 JUNE 1989
TRANSCRIPT B (CONTINUED FROM TRANSCRIPT A)
SIR DAVID WILSON :
1 think,
are likely
to
The point on which people,
focus in Hong Kong is Article 18 of the Draft Basic Law,
where it lays down that national laws can be implemented
in Hong Kong by the State Council if the Standing
Committee of the NPC declares either a state of war or
and more significant by reason of turmoil within the
Hong Kong SAR which is beyond the control of the Region.
In other words, an ability to impose national laws, which
could include emergency laws, in those circumstances.
I would expect people in Hong Kong to focus very
much on that provision, to make sure that it is as water-
tight as possible and that it includes a Hong Kong element
in determining when that point has been reached.
If there is a state of war then, quite clearly,
quite extraordinary conditions prevail, but it is this
state of turmoil that I think people will want to
concentrate on and make sure that there are adequate
safeguards in dealing with that.
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