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WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1988

CONFORMITY WITH JOINT DECLARATION REQUIRED

WITII THE

OF

THE BASIC LAW HAS TO CONFORM

AND LETTER SPIRIT

THE TERMS THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION, AND ANY DEVIATION FROM

THE HON IIILTON CHEONG-LEEN OF THE DECLARATION CANNOT BE PERMITTED, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPRESENTS

THE

OVERWHELMING THE BRITISH THE HONG KONG

THIS PRINCIPLE "I BELIEVE THAT

OF NOT ONLY ON THE PART CONSENSUS AND UNITY OF PURPOSE,

PART OP AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS, BUT EQUALLY ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF HONG RON, HE SAID.

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TRE

MR CHEONG-LEEN WAS SPEAKING IN THE MOTION DEBATE ON BASIC LAW.

PEOPLE OF

THE DRAFT

IN-HOUSE MEETING "IT WILL BE INCUMBENT UPON LEGCO THROUGH ITS

DRAFT AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PANEL OF OMELCO TO STUDY THE

JOINT DECLARATION WHICH HAVE BASIC LAW SO THAT DEVIATIONS FROM THE

THR CHINESE CREPT INTO THE DRAFT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF

AMENDMENT ΤΟ THE GOVERNMENT AND THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE FOR SUITABLE DRAFT BASIC LAW, HE SAID.

WAS THAT THE DRAFT BASIC A CARDINAL PRINCIPLE WHOLLY REFLECT THE "ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS" CONCEPT.

LAW SHOULD

IN ECONOMIC SOCIAL JUSTICE, THE DE PEOPLE NOW ENJOY SHOULD

OF THE BASIC LAW," HE

"BESIDES PRESERVING HONG KONG'S CAPITALIST SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT COMBINED WITH EXPANDING MEASURES OF PERSONAL FREEDONS WHICH HONG KONG PRESERVED AT ALL COSTS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK SAID.

TO

"RESPECT FOR NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY, AND ADHERENCE

THE DY RESPECT FOR HUMAN EXPRESSION OF NATIONAL UNITY MUST BE BALANCED RIGHTS AND LIBERTY OF THE INDIVIDUAL.'

MR CHEONG-LEEN FELT THAT IF PROSPEROUS COSMOPOLITAN CITY THEN, AFFAIRS, THE TERRITORY FULLEST POSSIBLE MEASURE OF SOVEREIGNTY.

HONG KONG WAS ΤΟ THRIVE AS APART FROM DEFENCE AND FOREIGN THE CHINESE

A

SHOULD BE GIVEN UNDER THE BASIC LAW

INTERNAL

UNDER SELF-GOVERNMENT

"THE NIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY INDICATED IN

BASIC LAW IS ARTICLES OF THE DRAFT

ΤΟ EXPECTED PROSPERITY AND SOCIAL STABILITY IN HONG KONG,

THE

PROMOTE

DIFFERENT ECONOMIC

HE SAID.

"HOWEVER, MUCH REFINING IS STILL REQUIRED TO BE DONE SUCH AS INTERPRETATION OF THE BASIC LAW AND THE KONG SAR JUDICIARY AS A COURT OF FINAL APPEAL.

SCOPE

קוס

IN AREAS

THE HONG

/MR CHEONG-LEGN