CONFIDENTRY
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Article & Paragraph
Original English text
of the draft BL
Art. 18, Para. 1
Art. 18, Para. 4
Art. 21, Para. 1
Art. 22, Para. 1
Art. 22, Para. 3
Art. 23
"... 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
"
... which the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region administers on its own
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"... and the personnel of these offices shall abide by
"... secession ..."
...
"
Suggested text
... the laws previously in force in Hong Kong as provided for in Article 8
...
ו
the Central People's Government may issue an order for the application of ..."
"... to participate in the management of state affairs
"
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which the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region deals with on its own
...
"1
"
and their staff shall abide
by
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"
•
splitting of the state
•
Better style.
Remarks
To reflect the Chinese text accurately.
To reflect the Chinese text accurately.
Better style.
Art. 24, Para. 2
"(5) Persons under 21 years of age born in Hong Kong of residents listed in category (4)..."
(5) Persons under 21 years of age born in Hong Kong of those residents listed in category (4)...
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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