RESTRICTED
(A) APART FROM DEFENCE AND DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS, CHINA WILL NOT
INTERFERE WITH THE INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF HK. ALL INTERNAL
AFFAIRS WILL BE DECIDED ON AND MANAGED BY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
(B) PEKING WILL NOT SEND AN OFFICIAL TO RULE HONG KONG. THE FUTURE MAYOR OR ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD OF HONG KONG WILL BE ELECTED BY THE HONG KONG PEOPLE. THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT HE MUST BE PATRIOTIC AND SUPPORT THE REUNIFICATION OF CHINA, AND BE RESPECTED BY THE
PEOPLE.
(C) HONG KONG PEOPLE CAN RULE HONG KONG ACCORDING TO HONG KONG
LAWS.
(D) THE LIFE STYLE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
(E) HONG KONG PEOPLE WILL ENJOY THE FREEDOM TO PUBLISH, SPEAK, ASSEMBLY, RESIDE AND TRAVEL.
(F) THE KMT, TROTSKYTES AND MEMBERS OF ALL POLITICAL FACTIONS
WILL BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN HONG KONG SO LONG AS THEY DO NOT
ENGAGE IN SABOTAGE ACTIVITIES.
(G) THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING
LAW AND ORDER WITH ITS OWN POLICE FORCE.
(H) HONG KONG CAN RETAIN ITS CAPITALIST STRUCTURE, AND MAINTAIN ITS POSITION AS A FREE PORT AND FINANCIAL CENTRE WITH ITS OWN
CURRENCY WHICH CAN BE FREELY CONVERTED INTO OTHER CURRENCIES AS AT PRESENT. BUT THE DESIGN OF BANKNOTES WILL HAVE TO BE CHANGED.
(1) ALTHOUGH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WILL HANDLE HONG KONG'S
DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS, HONG KONG WILL STILL HAVE CERTAIN POWERS IN
ITS FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SUCH AS ISSUING TRAVEL DOCUMENTS OF ITS OWN.
(J) HONG KONG PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO MAKE SOCIAL REFORMS.
5. IN ITS EDITORIAL, THE LEADING COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER, TA KUNG PAŬ LAUDED THE STUDENT' QUOTE ACTIVE, PROGRESSIVE, CALM AND MATURE
UNQUOTE APPROACH TO THE QUESTION AND URGED READERS TO PAY PARTICULAR
ATTENTION TO THE TEN SPECIAL POINTS THEY HAD BROUGHT BACK. YOUDE
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