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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1994
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ARISE.
TO A HAS BEEN ARE NOW
WE NEED TO KEEP THAT COMPETITIVE EDGE, THAT CAPACITY TO ATTRACT
BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL
IN NOT ONLY TO TRADE WITH AND INVEST
CHINA (THOUGH THAT IS OF COURSE VITAL) BUT ALSO AS A BASE FOR WIDER REGIONAL ACTIVITIES, FROM WHICH TO RESPOND TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY TO TAKE A
GATEWAY TOPICAL EXAMPLE, HONG KONG IS THE NATURAL RAPIDLY
VIETNAM (WHERE, UNSURPRISINGLY, NO-ONE DEVELOPING QUICKER THAN OUR OWN INVESTORS TO KNOCK ON THE DOORS WHICH OPENING). WE NEED TO KEEP REMINDING THOSE INTERESTED IN ENTERING THIS
BETTER AND
REGIONAL MARKETS THAT THERE CAN BE NO OTHER THAN HONG KONG.
A
SPRINGBOARD
THAT
THE OF
SHALL WE
ONLY SUCCEED IN THIS IF WE CAN ENSURE INTEGRITY AND CREDIBILITY OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM CROSS THE THRESHOLD 1997 WITHOUT
BLEMISH. THAT MEANS, FOR EXAMPLE, DEMONSTRATING WELL BEFORE CLEARLY
THE 1997 NOT ONLY THAT, AS
JOINT DECLARATION PROMISES, THE SYSTEM OF ENGLISH COMMON LAW WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. BODY OF LAW WHICH CURRENTLY APPLIES MUST ALSO REMAIN IN FORCE.
BY
LIKE
THAT.
MUCH
THE
SHIPPING,
HONG THE
OF THE BUSINESS OF THE JOINT
GROUP, THIS LIAISON BUT LET NO-ONE BE MISLED REQUIRES A LOT OF DRY AND UNGLAMOROUS WORK.
OVER THREE PRESENT IT IS ALSO VITAL WORK. THERE ARE AT HUNDRED UNITED KINGDOM LAWS WHOSE APPLICATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO
KONG. THEY COVER AREAS AS DIVERSE AS CIVIL AVIATION,
ARBITRATION AND COPYRIGHT.
WHERE AREAS WHERE WE - WHERE CHINA CANNOT AFFORD GAPS, AMBIGUITIES, OR HOLES IN
VITAL FOR OUR FIELD.
CONTINUED SUCCESS. LEFT TO IN THE LAWS WOULD LAPSE ON 1 JULY 1997: NO COURT SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION IS GOING TO ENFORCE UK LEGISLATION,
NEED BEFORE THEN TO REPLACE MOST OF THEM, THOSE THEREFORE NOT OBSOLETE, WITH EQUIVALENT LOCAL LEGISLATION.
HONG COMMERCIAL KONG, PLAYING THEMSELVES,
-
AREAS
THESE
WE
WHICH
ARE
WE ALSO NEED TO ADAPT MOST OF THE 600 OR SO 1,000 ITEMS OF SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION ALREADY ON OUR OWN STATUE SO THAT THEY ARE IN A FORM CLEARLY CONSISTENT WITH THE BASIC LAW,
(UNDER ITS THEREFORE WILL
TERMS) CONTINUE
APPLY AFTER THIS IS PARTLY A TECHNICAL
FOR MATTER,
TRANSITION. REPLACING
ALSO MORE PROVISIONS
ΤΟ
ORDINANCES
AND
BOOK,
AND
THE
EXAMPLE OF THE WORD "GOVERNOR" WITH "CHIEF EXECUTIVE". BUT THERE ARE
COMPLEX ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED, LIKE HOW ΤΟ
ALIGN THE THOSE IN THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE ON RIGHT OF ABODE WITH
IN THE BASIC LAW.
HONG REACHED
THE
UK
ME LET
REPEAT: THIS IS NOT JUST MORE EMPLOYMENT FOR OUR NUMEROUS AND WELL-NOURISHED LAWYERS. IT IS A CRUCIAL PART OF
SO FAR, WE HAVE THROUGH THE SUPERSTRUCTURE.
JLG KONG'S AGREEMENT WITH CHINA ON THE LOCALISATION OF JUST 30 ORDINANCES.
SIDE
SOME 75 ARE CONSIDERING OUR PROPOSALS ON CHINESE
OTHER ENACTMENTS, AS WELL AS ON 30 ORDINANCES TO BE ADAPTED. THEY HAVE BEEN THERE IS THEREFORE STUDYING SOME OF OUR PROPOSALS FOR UP TO 3 YEARS.
SO I MAKE THIS APPEAL ΤΟ AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO GET THROUGH.
WE LET US REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS.
NOW OUR CHINESE COLLEAGUES.
NEED, URGENTLY, TO SPEED UP THIS WORK IF WE ARE TO FINISH IT IN TIME, AND TO AVOID DAMAGING, CONFIDENCE-SAPPING, GAPS IN THE LAW.
/THEN THERE
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