WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1988
CONFIDENCE AND FOR HONG
"THE BASIC LAW IS THE KEY TO OUR FUTURE, AND TO OUR IN OUR FUTURE. A GREAT DEAL IS AT STAKE BOTH FOR CHINA KONG," SHE SAID.
VIEWS WOULD
SHE VERY MUCH HOPED THAT MEMBERS' SERIOUSLY BY THE BASIC LAW CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE AS WELL AUTHORITIES IN CHINA, AND BE GIVEN FULL WEIGHT.
TAKEN
BE AS BY THE
OMELCO PANEL'S APPROACH, OPINIONS OUTLINED
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PANEL ON
CONSTITUTIONAL
MEMBERS OF THE OMELCO STANDING DEVELOPMENT HAD THREE BASIC CONSIDERATIONS IN MIND WHEN THE DRAFT BASIC LAW, AND, BASED ON THESE, INITIAL CONSENSUS REACHED ON SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE DOCUMENT.
THEY STUDIED HAD BEEN
A "DRIEF
AND ON THE LEGISLATIVE
THE PANEL'S CONVENER, THE HON ANDREW WONG, GAVE INEXHAUSTIVE" ACCOUNT OF THE PANEL'S APPROACH TO AND OPINIONS DRAFT BASIC LAW WHEN SPEAKING IN THE MOTION DEBATE IN THE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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MR WONG SAID THE PANEL, WHICH HAD HELD A TOTAL OF IN TWO MONTHS, WOULD SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE OMELCO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IT BE PUBLISHED FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION.
OR NOT THE RELEVANT
HE ALSO ASKED THAT THE GOVERNOR CONSIDER WHETHER REPORT SHOULD BE CONVEYED THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS TO THE AUTHORITIES IN CHINA.
THE PANEL'S THREE CONSIDERATIONS WERE: CONSISTENCY BASIC LAW WITH THE SINO-BRITISH DECLARATION IN TERMS OF THE SPIRIT; ENFORCEABILITY AND JUSTIFIABILITY OF BASIC LAW; AND CONSENSUAL CONCEPT OF EVOLUTION.
THE PROVISIONS
GUIDED BY THE THREE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PANEL HAD LARGF NUMBER OF PRELIMINARY CONSENSUAL VIEWS, HE SAID.
OF THE LATTER'S
IN
THE
FORMED A
CONCERNED THE
THE FIRST ASPECT ON WHICH CONSENSUS WAS REACHED BOUNDARIES AND STATUS OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION.
ADMINISTRATIVE
MR WONG SAID MEMBERS WERE OF THE VIEW THAT BOUNDARIES OF THE REGION OUGHT TO BE PART OF THE BASIC LAW.
THEY CONSIDERED THAT A PROVISION SHOULD BE INSERTED IN 1, PREFERABLY IN OR AFTER ARTICLE 1 REFERRING BOUNDARIES AND THAT THE MAP SHOULD HAVE LEGAL EFFECT.
MAP SHOWING
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