CONFIDEPERS
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Article & Paragraph
Art. 18, Para. 1
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Art. 18, Para. 4
Art. 21, Para. 1
Art. 22, Para. 1
Art. 22, Para. 3
Original English text
of the draft BL
... the laws previously in force in Hong Kong as stipulated in Article 8 ... "
# the State Council may
decree the application of ...
"
... to participate in state affairs
...
雪特
Suggested text
"... the laws previously in force in Hong Kong as provided for in Article 8 ..."
"
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"... which the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region administers on its own
• •
.. and the personnel of these offices shall abide by
Art. 23
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Art. 24, Para. 2
secession
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警隊
...
"(5) Persons under 21 years of age born in Hong Kong of residents listed in category (4) ...'
... the Central People's Government may issue an order for the application of
to participate in the management of state affairs
"... which the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region deals with on its own
.."
and their staff shall abide
TI
•
by
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... splitting of the state
"(5) Persons under 21 years of age born in Hong Kong of those residents listed in category (4)..."
Better style.
Remarks
To reflect the Chinese text accurately.
To reflect the Chinese text accurately.
Better style.
To reflect the Chinese text accurately.
ΤΟ reflect the Chinese text acurately.
We have commented separately on the need to elaborate on this definition in the interest of clarity. On a purely translation point, we suggest inserting the word "those" to be consistent with (3) and (6) in paragraph 2 of the same article.
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