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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1990
OWN
UNDER THE DEGREE OF
HE TOLD THEM THAT AFTER 1997, HONG KONG WOULD MAINTAIN ITS IDENTITY AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (SAR) OF CHINA "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS" CONCEPT, AND WOULD ENJOY A HIGH AUTONOMY IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT FOR DEFENCE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
THAT
"SEPARATENESS",
OWN LEGAL SYSTEM:
НЕ A
SAID: "WE COMMON
LAW
FOR
WILL,
SYSTEM
EXAMPLE,
ON
DRAWING FROM OTHER SEPARATE
ON MAINTAIN OUR PRECEDENTS FROM OTHER COMMON LAW SYSTEMS AND WITH JUDGES
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR OWN LAW COUNTRIES; COMMON FINANCIAL SYSTEM; WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BALANCING OUR OWN BUDGET, FOR DECIDING AND LEVYING OUR OWN TAXES."
MR CHEN POINTED OUT TOO THAT IT WAS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED HONG KONG WOULD NOT PAY TAXES TO CHINA.
THAT
"SO, IN SEVEN YEARS, HONG KONG WILL BE PART OF
AND LIFE-STYLE
BUSINESS WILL RETAIN ITS OWN UNIQUE ESSENTIALS OF ITS ECONOMIC SUCCESS.
CHINA; YET IT SYSTEMS
THE
"THAT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WANT. CHINA WANTS BECAUSE HONG KONG IS IMPORTANT TO CHINA,
HAD
MADE SURE FRAMEWORK
IT IS ALSO WHAT
HE SAID.
THESE
WERE MATTERS BASIC LAW WHICH PROMULGATED BY CHINA KONG SAR WOULD APPLY
THAT ALL HE SAID CHINA
KNOWN AS THE WRITTEN INTO THE FORMAL ENSHRINED HONG KONG'S RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA. IN APRIL THIS YEAR THE BASIC LAW FOR THE HONG FOR 50 YEARS BEYOND 1997.
OUT
IN CHINESE PROMISED IN HONG KONG'S
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE BASIC LAW WOULD SPELL
OF AUTONOMY LAW ALL THE GUARANTEES FOR THE HIGH DEGREE
FOUNDATION FOR THE JOINT DECLARATION AND WOULD BE THE CONTINUED STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.
GREATER
PART
THE
BASIC
LAW
THE
FOR
THE
OF
REFLECT "BY FAR, PROVISIONS IN THE JOINT DECLARATION, MANY ARTICLES ACTUALLY WORD
OF THE WORD,
HE SAID, AND EXPLAINED THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PROVISIONS
CONTINUATION OF VARIOUS. CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENT THAT GUARANTEED THE SYSTEMS AND WAY OF LIFE THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE NOW HAD.
JUNE CHINESE MR CHEN SAID THAT IN SPITE OF THE EVENTS OF LAST
THERE THAT
WOULD BE NO CHANGE IN LEADERS HAD REPEATEDLY ASSURED CHINA'S "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS" POLICY.
ALSO
RECOGNISED
THAT
HONG
KONG WOULD PLAY "AN PUSH FORWARD AN WITH ITS INTERNATIONAL MARKET,
MECHANISMS, WOULD MAKE AN
THEY HAVE IRREPLACABLE AND TREMENDOUS ROLE" IN HELPING OPEN-DOOR POLICY AND THAT HONG KONG ITS QUALIFIED PERSONNEL AND ITS ECONOMIC IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION TO CHINA'S RENAISSANCE.
KONG WILL CONTINUE то
"THEREIN LIES THE GUARANTEE THAT HONG SHINE, AS THE PEARL OF THE ORIENT FOR MANY MORE YEARS AFTER 1997," CHEN SAID.
MR
J
HIS SPEAKING TRIPS BY MR MR CHEN WAS ACCOMPANIED ON
OFFICE MCGLYNN, DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE YORK.
KERRY
IN
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