CONFIDENTIAL
LHKD2411
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 1053
OF 31170OZ MAY 90
TFY:
4 JUN 1990
STRY
: Taken
INFO ROUTINE PEKING KREP JLG HONG KONG
(137)
171746
MDLOAN 6490
HONG KONG BILL OF RIGHTS AND BASIC LAW
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IF THE CHINESE DO COME UP WITH COMMENTS ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS, IT STRIKES US THAT ONE AREA THEY MAY CONCENTRATE ON IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND ARTICLES 24 TO
42 OF THE BASIC LAW (CHAPTER III). CHAPTER III SETS OUT A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC RIGHTS, SOME OF WHICH OVERLAP WITH PROVISIONS OF THE ICCPR AND THUS WITH THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
2. OUR LEGAL ADVISERS HAVE DONE SOME PRELIMINARY WORK ON THIS, WHICH YOU MIGHT FIND USEFUL TO HAVE WHEN CONSIDERING THESE POINTS. WE ARE FAXING TO STOCK AND MARTIN (UKREP JLG) A MINUTE FROM FIFOOT TO MAJOR HEADED QUOTE HONG KONG BILL OF RIGHTS: COMPARISON WITH SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF THE BASIC LAW UNQUOTE.
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MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
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MR BARRETT, LEGAL ADVISERS
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MR MCLAREN
MR BURNS
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