"chilling
orders
1997 restrin robu
such as ha
It could · after
aga e agencies of government, lately attttention to the independence of the
Kong superits.
70 Time will tell.
Ho
If Hog were to remain a microcosm of governmer
used to British ways, th
However, th
and in
officials, ed possibilityconflict might be minimised. insistence he PRC that, Chinese Pet Liberation Army
Hong Kong future.
against
as a symbol of sovereignty, th
(PLA) will be stationed i
1997 presents a potential flashpoint for th
Af might be sought by a citizen in the court.
of
the courts
t/conduct
PLA. the
Orders of
directed the PLA could present that organisation with ar
utterly dierent source of discipline to that to which it has been customed. Then, the court may indeed appear an
alien authrity.
NPC or
It might be represented to be such to the
to other organs of power in Beijing. It takes a
mighty leap of faith to believe that the flash at this point can be avoided for fifty years. It is perhaps in recognition of this source of tension that the PRC has announced that, in
the
case of Taiwan, the PLA would not be stationed there after its return
71 "to the Motherland".
But Hong Kong is
different.
THE BASIC GOAL A SHARED POLITY?
A further problem is presented by the status
the status of the basic rights and by
and by their content. The Bill of Rights Ordinance is, after all, simply an enactment of the local legislature. With perfect legality, under the Constitution of the PRC, it could be repealed, modified or qualified. 72
No Colonial
Laws
Validity Act 1865 (Imp) will avail
to
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