WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1989
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CALL TO INCLUDE PREAMBLE IN BASIC LAW TEXT
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AN INTEGRAL PART
OF TEXT.
THE PREAMBLE OF THE BASIC LAW SHOULD BE THE DOCUMENT AND SHOULD CARRY THE SAME LEGAL EFFECT AS THE BODY THE HON EDWARD HO SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY 1.
BASIC LAW, MR HO SPEAKING IN THE MOTION DEBATE ON THE DRAFT
STATED IN THE PREAMBLE WERE "ABSOLUTELY PRINCIPLES SAID THE TWO
FOR AND THE PRECEPTS FRAMEWORK THE CRUCIAL" AS THEY PROVIDED
TO FUTURE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE MINI-CONSTITUTION.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGION (HKSAR) WOULD BE IN THE CONSTITUTION OF BASIC POLICIES OF
THE BY
CHINESE
HE WAS REFERRING TO THE PRINCIPLES THAT THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 31 OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) AND THAT THE
HAD
ELABORATED THE PRC REGARDING HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION.
BEEN
"ONE OF
·
COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS" MR HO OF ARTICLE 31 OF THE CONSTITUTION AUTHORITY AND CLARITY THAT
THE
LAW BASIC
AND THE
UNDER THE PRINCIPLE DOUBTED WHETHER THE PROVISIONS ALONE, AS IT STOOD, PROVIDED SUFFICIENT THERE WOULD NOT CONSTITUTION.
BE ANY
CONFLICT
BETWEEN
MAKE DETAILED EXAMINATION HE URGED THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO
CONSTITUTION AS THE SLIGHTEST OF THIS VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE UNCERTAINTY COULD RESULT IN CHAOS IN THE YEARS TO COME,
DIFFICULT WOULD, ON THE
HE ADDED THAT IN READING THE DRAFT BASIC LAW, IT WAS TO CONSTRUCT IN ONE'S MIND A MODEL OF GOVERNMENT THAT
AND BALANCES CHECKS
BETWEEN THE ONE HAND, HAVE THE NECESSARY
OF AUTHORITIES
THE GOVERNMENT TO EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATIVE PREVENT THE ABUSE OF POWER; AND ON THE OTHER HAND, THAT THE AUTHORITIES WOULD HAVE THE NECESSARY SUPPORT FROM THE LEGISLATURE THE PROPER AND EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF A STABLE GOVERNMENT.
EXECUTIVE
FOR
BETWEEN AGREED
"I THEREFORE ENDORSE THE PROPOSALS ON THE RELATIONSHIP THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITIES WHICH HAVE BEEN
THE
COUNCILS, LEGISLATIVE AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND SAID.
MR HO NOTED THAT IN MEMBERS' ATTEMPT TO REACH HAD TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING POINTS INTO ACCOUNT:
OF
HE
CONSENSUS, THEY
DEMOCRACY, HONG KONG WANTED FULL WHETHER THE PEOPLE
WHETHER 1.E. UNIVERSAL FRANCHISE, AS THE ULTIMATE GOAL; AND
BE EVOLUTIONARY AND TOWARDS THAT THE MOVE
GOAL
SHOULD
GRADUAL;
THAT WHILST THE PACE
OF DEVELOPMENT
SUCH
DEVELOPMENT
WOULD
OF DEMOCRACY SHOULD
RELATE TO THE POLITICAL MATURITY OF THE PEOPLE, A CLEAR TIME
TABLE FOR
A PROVIDE
MUCH-NEEDED
CERTAINTY:
THAT IN .***