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MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1992
"IT IS AN ENORMOUS TASK BUT, I CAN ASSURE YOU, IT WILL BE DONE BEFORE 1997," HE SAID.
MR MATHEWS SAID THE LAWS OF HONG KONG WERE BEING REVIEWED
AND, IF NECESSARY, AMENDMENTS WOULD BE MADE AT A SUITABLE TIME TO ENSURE THEIR COMPATIBILITY WITH THE BASIC LAW.
THIS ADAPTATION OF LAWS EXERCISE WOULD COVER, FOR EXAMPLE, REFERENCES TO "THE CROWN" WHICH APPEARED IN THE LAWS OF HONG KONG.
MR ON THE BILINGUAL LAW PROGRAMME, 1989 ALL NEW PRINCIPAL ORDINANCES HAD BEEN AND CHINESE.
MATHEWS SAID SINCE APRIL ENACTED IN BOTH ENGLISH
INTO CHINESE
21,000 PAGES OF
WORK WAS IN HAND TO TRANSLATE EXISTING ORDINANCES WHICH WERE ENACTED ONLY IN ENGLISH.
THE
"OUR TARGET IS TO HAVE FINAL CHINESE DRAFTS OF EXISTING LEGISLATION READY FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY END OF 1996," HE SAID.
ON THE 220 MULTILATERAL TREATIES NOW KONG BY THE UNITED KINGDOM, MR MATHEWS SAID:
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BEING
ΤΟ EXTENDED
HONG
HOW
THESE SPECIAL KONG WHICH CHINA IS NOT
*WE ARE
WITH DISCUSSING
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TREATIES CAN CONTINUE TO APPLY TO THE HONG ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AFTER 1997, EVEN THOSE TO CURRENTLY A PARTY.
TASK,
SAR
LARGE "WE ARE HAVING SOME SUCCESS IN THIS IMPORTANT AND HAVING AGREED SO FAR THAT THE INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
FORCE IN THE ARISING OUT OF OVER 100 TREATIES WILL CONTINUE IN AFTER 1997."
HONG
RAS KONG
NEGOTIATED EXTRADITION
AND
WITH TREATIES
TREATIES CANADA. COUNTRIES AS THE NETHERLANDS, AUSTRALIA, OTHER STATES WOULD BE NEGOTIATED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
OUT THAT
SUCH WITH
LEGAL SYSTEM HAD WITH LAWYERS JUDICIARY,
AND
AND
MR MATHEWS POINTED
HONG KONG'S STRONG FOUNDATIONS WHICH WOULD CONTINUE PAST 1997,
INDEPENDENT JUDGES TRAINED IN THE COMMON LAW, AND AN WITH THE LAW BEING FAMILIAR AND ACCESSIBLE.
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