WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31,
1990
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THAT
H
THE SUGGESTION "THAT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR SYSTEM.
UNWORTHY AND IS A WOULD EVER PROSECUTE FOR POLITICAL REASONS IS SUGGESTION WHICH I REFUTE IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS.
"I REFUTE IT BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE WAY WE OPERATE KONG, AND BECAUSE IT IS UNTRUE.
IN HONG
LEE PLACES SUCH A "INDEED, THE RULE OF LAW ON WHICH MR
ΤΟ ALL, PREMIUM, AND RIGHTLY SO, MEANS THAT THE LAW MUST BE APPLIED REGARDLESS OF THEIR PROMINENCE IN SOCIETY.'
AS TO THE TROUBLES WHICH MR LEE SAID WERE PLAGUING THE DEPARTMENT, MR MATHEWS SAID THERE HAD INDEED BEEN TROUBLES.
"BUT THE POINT BEARS REPETITION THAT SUCH TROUBLES PUT IN PERSPECTIVE.
LEGAL
MUST BE
"THE DEPARTMENT HAS 250 LAWYERS, WHOSE WORK COVERS MANY DIVERSE FIELDS OF EXPERTISE, VITAL TO THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF GOVERNMENT.
"IT
BE A WOULD
TRAVESTY
THEIR
INTEGRITY REPUTATIONS,
HIGH MISBEHAVIOR, HOWEVER BAD, OF A FEW. TO DO SO," HE SAID.
FAIRNESS OF AND THEIR
AND THIS
TO SULLY THEIR HARD WORK WITH THE I KNOW THAT MR LEE WOULD NOT WISH
MR MATHEWS OBSERVATIONS ON IMPLIED POWER CONSULTED
ON HONG KONG'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MAINLAND, POINTED OUT THAT THE HON TAI CHIN-WAH HAD MADE SOME THE STATUS OF HONG KONG AND WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE AN FOR THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO BE KEPT INFORMED OF, ON, AND TO EXERCISE A VETO POWER OVER MAJOR QUESTIONS AFFECTING KONG.
HE
HONG
UNITED THE JOINT
SAID MR TAI ALSO SEEMED TO BE SUGGESTING THAT THE KINGDOM'S RIGHT TO ADMINISTER HONG KONG WAS DERIVED FROM DECLARATION.
ARE CONCERNED,
SOVEREIGNTY
IT.
"SO FAR AS MR TAI'S HISTORICAL OBSERVATIONS THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S POSITION ON THE UNITED KINGDOM'S OVER HONG KONG IS WELL-KNOWN AND I DO NOT NEED TO REPEAT COUNCIL WILL NOT BE SURPRISED TO HEAR ME SAY, HOWEVER, THAT I DO
SAID MR MATHEWS. ACCEPT MR TAI'S VIEW OF THE POSITION,
THIS NOT
OF FIDUCIARY AND THAT MATHEWS
TURNING TO MR TAI'S SUGGESTION THAT SOME KIND RELATIONSHIP EXISTED BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM CHINA HAD A RIGHT TO VETO DECISIONS ON MAJOR QUESTIONS, SAID THE POSITION WAS AS FOLLOWS:
PARAGRAPH 1 OF
THE JOINT
MR
THE
PEOPLE'S EXERCISE
DECLARATION "IN REPUBLIC OF CHINA DECLARES THAT IT HAS DECIDED TO RESUME THE OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY, 1997.
"IN PARAGRAPH 2 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM DECLARES WITH THAT IT WILL RESTORE HONG KONG TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1997.
/"IN PARAGRAPH
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