of
So
laws has a fairly complete set of Hong Kong, it
that investors from outside the Region know exactly what
they can do and what they cannot do in conducting their
business since they have laws to go by. In order to keep
this feature, the Basic Law contains
explicit
the laws
provisions in its General Principles that
previously in force in Hong Kong, that is, the common
law, rules of equity, ordinances, subordinate legislation
and customary law shall be maintained and continue to be
applied in the Hong Kong Special
after 1997. That is to say, in
Administrative Region
future, laws regarding
the protection of investment from outside the Region
shall
remain
unchanged. Meanwhile, the Basic Law also
stipulates that
the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region shall be vested with
including that of final
independent judicial power,
adjudication and that the
judicial system previously practised in Hong Kong shall
be retained. In order to ensure the impartiality of the
trials and fully safeguard the interests
of investors
from outside the Region, the Basic Law stipulates that
the Court of Final Appeal of the Region may as required
invite judges from other common law jurisdictions (such
as judges from Canada and
of Final Appeal.
Australia) to sit on the Court
Incidentally, I would like to tell you a good news:
after
British
a nearly one-year-long discussion in the Sino-
Joint Liaison Group on the establishment of the
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