CONFIDENTIAL
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is to provide for the incorporation into the laws of Hong Kong of provisions of the International Covenant on Civic and Political Rights ("ICCPR") as applied to Hong Kong.
See section 2 (3).
Questions
5.
The questions which arise for consideration are:
(a)
What is the meaning of permanent residents?
(b)
the localisation policy
have the
effect
of
Having regard to (a), does the
Does it infringe Article 21? depriving some permanent residents of the right and opportunity without any of the distinctions in Article 1(1) and without unreasonable restrictions to
have
on
access,
service in Hong Kong?
general
of terms
equality, to
public
Permanent resident
Legal context
6.
At that time, The BOR came into force on 8th June 1991.
the legal context consisted of the Joint Declaration,
the
Basic Law, the Immigration Ordinance and
the Electoral
Provisions Ordinance.
A summary
of
their
relevant
provisions is at Annex 1.