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Is the integrity of the Hong Kong/Guangdong border being maintained, including the separate border controls operated by the Hong Kong Immigration Department?
Is the Hong Kong press still free, with uninhibited coverage of China and of issues on which China has strong views?
Are new constraints being imposed on freedom of assembly? Are the annual commemorations and vigils of recent years still being allowed?
Are foreign journalists and media organisations in Hong Kong still free to operate without controls?
Is anybody being prosecuted or harassed for the peaceful expression of political, social, or religious views?
Are Hong Kong's legislators, at successive stages of the transition, fairly and openly elected, and truly representative of the community?
Are democratic politicians continuing to play an active role in Hong Kong politics, or are they being excluded or marginalised by external pressure?
Is the Chief Executive exercising genuine autonomy in the areas provided for in the Joint Declaration and Basic Law?
The Governor said these were the questions the world would ask.
"We all hope that the world will get reassuring answers," he said.
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