Problem
JD 18 (which says "... will be protected by law") by allowing the law to be modified to reduce
the degree of protection of
property rights.
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Art. 9:
(a) It does not appear that the
Executive Council is
included in the expression
"executive authorities".
This may fall short of the requirement in JD 51, which
embraces all "organs of
government" and the courts.
(b) Although the English text of this article departs from
the Chinese text, it is
somewhat neater.
(a) The English text should be revised in
line with JD 51: "In addition to the
Chinese language, English may also be used as an official language in organs of government and in the courts in the
Hong Kong SAR."
(b) The Chinese text should preferably be revised in line with the English text
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proposed in (a) above : 香港特別行 政區的政府機關和法院,除使用中 文外,還可使用英文為正式語文。”
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BLDC interlocutors: Rayson Huang, Maria Tam
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