Governor of Hong Kong announced in his speech to the
Legislative Council on 11 October that a Bill of Rights
will be enacted to give effect in local law to the
relevant provisions of the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights. It is intended that a draft
Bill will be published for public consultation by the end
of this year and draft legislation will be introduced by
July 1990.
8.
The Committee recommends (paragraph 2.13) that the
Government should make clear to the Chinese Government
the strength of feeling in Hong Kong about the stationing
are
of the PLA in the territory after 1997. The government
believe are satisfied that the Chinese Government in no doubt
question
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about the importance of this issue for confidence in Hong
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Kong.
We do not challenge
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China's sovereign right to
station Chinese troops in the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region for the purpose of defence. The
Joint Declaration provides for this. But we have urged
the Chinese Government to take Hong Kong's sensitivities
fully into account in their handling of this issue.
(III) Actions Within Hong Kong
9. The Government wholeheartedly share the Committee's
view that the best future for the people of Hong Kong
lies in the continuing prosperity and stability of the
territory (paragraph 3.3). In line with the Committee's
recommendations (paragraph 3.5) the Governor has already
prosced announced the decision of the Hong Kong Government to ge
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ahead with the construction of the second airport and
ancillary developments, including port expansion and
associated transport infrastructure.
These will be the