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A RIPA dialogue with the PRC Ministry of Personnel (paragraph 1.7).
The hope for carefully formulated and practical Hong Kong and U.K. input into aspects of PRC discussion (paragraphs 1.4 and 1.11).
A dialogue with the PRC Ministry of Justice (paragraph 1.6).
Discussions with the Foreign Affairs College of the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs (paragraph 1.12), and in particular with the Chinese Society of International Law.
The need for contact with the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the PRC State Council (paragraph 1.13).
A note on Hong Kong's own contribution to discussions of administrative and legal trends (paragraph 1.17).
The second part of this proposal is called "Explaining Hong Kong's Lifestyle: Holding the Line on a 50 Year Guarantee" It comprises two ideas:
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Part of the focus will be Article 5 of the Basic Law, which provides that Hong Kong's "way of life shall remain unchanged for 50 years" beyond 1997. For it to remain unchanged, it is important for it to be better known and more clearly understood in China.
Hong Kong should be better known in other parts of the world. For example, there are new markets for Hong Kong in Eastern Europe, and elsewhere. A British institution (RIPA, I would hope) and a future Hong Kong institution (perhaps the Society of Public Administration) could combine in due course to convene meetings in third countries on, for example, public administration and the legal system. It is important that Hong Kong be known to be a place that offers ideas, as well as services and goods, and that it be known to have the talent to engage in discussion which people at various levels in various parts of the world will find useful in a changing world. In due course, benefit from this will accrue in part to the PRC, whose sovereign territory Hong Kong will be. That will be a good thing for Hong Kong too.
Part Two includes also a section on some (paragraph 2.7 onwards), and comments on:
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"threats to lifestyle"
Free Speech, the Media and "Lifestyle" (paragraph 2.5)
Education and "Lifestyle" (paragraph 2.13)
"Lifestyle" and Minimal Regulation of Commerce (paragraph 2.14)