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IT ALSO PROVIDED THAT IN 1997 HONG KONG WOULD BECOME A ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE
SOCIALIST POLICY APPLIED, HE SAID.
OF REPUBLIC
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC WOULD
IN ADOPTED
PEOPLE'S
THE
BUT
SPECIAL THE
NOT BE
HONG KONG
"THE PRESENT SYSTEMS IN HONG KONG WILL, IN ALL ESSENTIAL
1997. IN PARTICULAR, RESPECTS, REMAIN FOR 50 YEARS AFTER
Ц MR THOMAS SAID. WILL MAINTAIN ITS OWN FAMILIAR SYSTEM OF LAW,
"THE LAWS CURRENTLY IN FORCE IN HONG KONG WILL REMAIN BASICALLY EQUITY, ORDINANCES, SUBORDINATE UNCHANGED. THE COMMON LAW, RULES OF LEGISLATION AND CUSTOMARY LAW WILL BE MAINTAINED.
"THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM WILL REMAIN ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED, AND
THE PARTICULAR
INDEPENDENT EXERCISE OF JUDICIAL POWER AND OBLIGATION OF THE COURTS TO DECIDE CASES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.
IN
THE
"THE POWER OF FINAL JUDGEMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL
BR VESTED IN ITS OWN COURT
ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WILL APPEAL, MR THOMAS SAID.
OF FINAL
HOSTED BY THE EARLIER IN THE DAY, MR THOMAS ATTENDED A LUNCH
KONG HONG
ECONOMIC DIRECTOR OF THE
AFFAIRS OFFICE IN NEW YORK,
THE LEGAL MR KERRY MCGLYNN. AT THE LUNCH HE MET REPRESENTATIVES FROM
FINANCIAL AND BANKING PROFESSION AND MEMBERS OF MAJOR
INSTITUTIONS
WHO HAVE SPECIAL INTEREST IN HONG KONG.
QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED
TODAY
(WEDNESDAY}
REPORTED AN THE MAJORITY OF FIRMS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR
OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION IN THE THIRD QUARTER
1987, ACCORDING TO THE 1987 AS COMPARED WITH THE SECOND QUARTER OF
BY THE CENSUS AND SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED
EXPECTED THAT, FOR THE MANUFACTURING STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. IT IS
THE FOURTH QUARTER OF SECTOR AS A WHOLE, THE BUSINESS SITUATION IN
THOUGH SHOW
THE PROSPECTS OF IMPROVEMENT, ΤΟ 1987 WILL CONTINUE INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES VARY.
THE SURVEY WAS
CONDUCTED
DURING THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF RECEIVED BEFORE THE OCTOBER. THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THE RETURNS WERE
SUCH RECENT EVENTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS TOOK PLACE.
BUSINESS EXPECTATIONS FOR THE EVENTS MAY, HOWEVER, HAVE EFFECTS ON
SURVEY RESULTS SHOULD THEREFORE FOURTH QUARTER AS A WHOLE. THE INTERPRETED WITH THIS CAVEAT IN MIND.
BE
/FIRMS IN