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This rebajos the basic
deiloerations
the
värinistration belleves that the Bill before Members today as
fullv consistent with the Jedar
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Declaration and the Basic
have been
some WOCHles that the Bill of Rights
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Joint
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working
repealed after 1997 becaise of inconsisteñcy wien the
This will, of course, be Declaration and the Basic Law.
undesirable scenario, and is one which we have been
We are also aware that the Chinese
hard
c avoid.
uthorities have some concerns
Rights.
over the proposed 8111 of
of
views
this Эл
subject
with
I can inform Honourable Members that there have been
exchanges
the Chinese aide
through a number of channels.} As I have just said, one of
overriding
principies
in
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Ch13 enacting
pisce
legislation has been and will be to ensure that Dho Il
product fulfils our obligationS under the Joint Declaration
and that it will last beyond 1997.
C.
The
proposed
Íreeze
period
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an
arca
interest to The public. The majority of written vücalsS: Ins
and OB members who expressed a view on this issue are opponen
freeze period. Some have suggested that ganze
should be no freeze period at all. The Lego Ad Hoc Croup NAS
be a selective freeze for one
to
two-year A
recommended that there
should
year achieved by listing in a schedule ordinances likely to be
affected by the Bill of
Rights, and that the freeze can be
extended, upon the approval of this Council for another year.