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A UK paper, the Guardian, said that when Britain resumed talks with
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China on HK's new airport project, it should lay down a bottom line, reported
the HK Economi's Johnal The British side should shelve the airport project rather than making too many concessions, the paper added. At the same time, the British side must consider new arrangements for the airport project should the Chinese take part in it. The paper said it was possible that the two sides would make a compromise since the questions of the fiscal reserves and the participation of the Chinese in th Airport Authority could be resolved. It believed that China had all the trump cards in its hand.
BILL OF RIGHTS
Since the Government had decided to use the Taiwanese version of the Chinese translation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Human Rights, some human rights experts believed that human rights provisions in the Basic Law should be changed correspondingly, the HR Daily News reported.
However, former Basic Law drafter Simon Li said that such changes were unnecessary. Mr Li said that China's version should be upheld as the Basic Law would be the law of China's SAR. HKU law lecturer Johannes Chan said that since the Chinese version of the covenant at the time when it was signed was the official version, all legislation relating to this covenant must be changed at the same time. He said that when differences between the two versions arose, the official version at the time of signing must be used at the true one.
OMELCO STANDING ORDERS
The HK Daily News interviewed a number of local residents for their views on whether Legco members should put forward changes to budget proposals. A local NPC delegate, Liu Yiu-chu, said that as the Basic Law had not stipulated that private members may introduce billa relating to public revenue they should not put forward these proposals after 1997. However, HKU law lecturer Johannes Chan believed that
relating to revenue collection.
Legco members might Pro Alberg Chan, and Legco member Andrew Wong said
Another HKU law lectuer,
that private members might be allowed to move motions to change budget proposals since the Basic Law had not stipulated that this was not acceptable. They said that although the moving of a motion would not be binding on the Governemnt, they might foster a force to exert pressure on the Government. Simon Li believed that proposals relating the public money might be put forward with the consent of the Chief Executive of the future SAR Government.
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TUNNEL TAX.
A Legco member, James Tien, had suggested doubling the Cross Harbour Tunnel tax to raise more revenue and help tackle congestion, R-3 reported this morning. Mr Tien would be raising the issue in Legco on Wednesday, maintaining that an increase in tunnel tax would not affect the average person.