British Governments will be able to lend support to the idea as well. And I hope that funding will come from both U.K. and Hong Kong sources. This part of the project, together with the lifestyle project in Part Two, could assist Hong Kong to form its own "united front", and thereby help along the need to find Hong Kong solutions to Hong Kong problems. Personally, I would hope to raise matters in Beijing where a PRC view is relevant.
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S.11.
Initially, the discussion on the Fabric of Government would include three matters at least:-
(1) Steps towards an accountable civil service.
(2)
Administrative reform and public benefit.
(i) Fairness
(ii) Organisation
(3) Public service morale and 1997.
The discussion on the Fabric of the Legal System would also include at least three matters: -
(1)
(2)
Problems concerning executive discretion under Hong Kong law.
Prosecution policy and ancillary matters.
(3) The Bill of Rights: its practical effect.
As a start, I propose that a meeting be convened for one week in the new year, with participation from various sectors of the governmental, business, legal, academic and other communities. The meeting should be intensely practical, with discussion being intended to identify particular methods of achieving certain specific aims.
I was interested to read in the South China Morning Post of 10th December, 1990 that:-
"China is to set up an influential research group on Hong Kong laws
to help solve the legal problems facing the territory under the 'one country, two systems' policy. The Research Institute on Hong Kong Laws is being formed by a group of former mainland Basic Law drafters under the semi-official Chinese Law Society. It is expected to be officially launched later this month."
The Group will "be an academic body
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which might offer some advice
to the Central Government if asked". The British/Hong Kong Group will,
I hope, be a practical body.
Contact on relevant issues, where proper,