Problem
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Preferred Redraft
Possible Channels
(E) Judicial System
Art. 80: The establishment of the court of final appeal in Hong Kong may lead to possible
changes in the nomenclature of
SAR courts.
The reference to SAR courts at various
levels in this and other articles in the Basic Law may need revision at a later
stage.
-
legal experts channel
JLG discussion on court of final
appeal (?)
Art. 89, Para. 1: The
requirement that both the Chief
Justice of the Court of Final
Appeal and the Chief Judge of
the High Court should be
"Chinese Citizens" is not
provided in the JD, and is
likely to create practical difficulty in fielding suitable
candidates.
To seek to remove the nationality requirement from the Basic Law, but assure the Chinese that we should endeavour as far as possible to field Chinese nationals for
the posts concerned.
lost cause
- JLG discussions on nationality
requirements for government
posts
BLDC interlocutors: Simon Li,
Maria Tam
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