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WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1988

THEY NOTICED THAT A LARGE

EITHER MAKE THEIR

NUMBER OF PROVISIONS WERE MATTERS OF POLICY OR WERE DRAFTED IN SUCH A WAY AS ΤΟ JUSTIFIABILITY OPEN TO DOUBT OR THEIR INTERPRETATION DIFFICULT.

IDENTIFY

MEMBERS CONSIDERED THAT AN ATTEMPT MIGHT BE MADE ΤΟ THOSE ARTICLES WHICH TOUCHED ON POLICY MATTERS OF RELATIVELY IMPORTANCE AND TO TRANSFER THEM ΤΟ A SEPARATE ANNEX OF GUIDELINES.

MINOR POLICY

A

ANOTHER POSSIBLE SOLUTION WOULD BE FOR THE BASIC LAW TO MAKE SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE JOINT DECLARATION, THEREBY INTO

INCORPORATING THE BASIC LAW ALL POLICY MATTERS CONTAINED IN THE DECLARATION AND ITS ANNEXES.

JOINT

SAR.

THE SEVENTH ASPECT CONCERNED THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE

OF THE

EXTRADITION OR CHAPTER II SPECIAL

MEMBERS NOTED THAT THERE WAS NO PROVISION FOR RENDITION UNDER EITHER SECTION 4 "JUDICIAL ORGANS" OR "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CENTRAL AUTHORITIES AND THE AMDINISTRATIVE REGION".

THEY WERE ALSO BAFFLED BY THE TERM "LOCAL ORGANS OF POWER" IN ARTICLE 96 WHICH MIGHT BE LEGALLY VAGUE.

POLITICAL

THEY WERE OF THE VIEW THAT THE COMMISSIONER AGAINST CORRUPTION, DIRECTOR OF AUDIT, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION AND INSPECTOR OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SHOULD

GENERAL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE LIST OF RESERVED FOR CHINESE NATIONALS, IN ARTICLE 100.

POSTS

THE

MR WONG SAID THAT SECTIONS 1, 2 AND 3 WHICH DEALT RESPECTIVELY WITH THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES AND LEGISLATURE WERE MORE PROBLEMATIC. THE PANEL HAD KEPT AN UP TO NOW, BUT WOULD STUDY THESE SECTIONS FURTHER.

OPEN MIND

THE EIGHTH AND THE LAST ASPECT CONCERNED THE FIRST GOVERNMENT OF THE SAR.

MEMBERS FELT THAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN STABILITY AND PROSPERITY IN HONG KONG, THE FIRST GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO BE A REGULAR GOVERNMENT IN CONTRAST TO TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT.

CONCEPT,

ALLOWED

TO

THEY WERE GENERALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE "THROUGH TRAIN" AND SUGGESTED THAT MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BE CONTINUE TO SERVE THE UNEXPIRED TERM.

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