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WORKING PAPER ON CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES:
THE CHINESE PLAN
1. The Hong Kong SAR, directly under the authority of the Central Government, would be established in accordance with Article 31 of the constitution of the People's Republic of China.
The
2. The basic system of the Hong Kong SAR would be prescribed in the Basic Law and would continue for a period of at least 50 years. Basic Law would be drafted and enacted by the National People's Congress. It would deal with such matters as the social and economic systems in the SAR, the relationship between the central authorities and the SAR, the powers of and relationships between the executive, legislature and judiciary of the SAR and the rights and obligations of its citizens.
The
3. The Hong Kong SAR would enjoy a high degree of autonomy. laws, decrees and regulations currently in force would remain basically unchanged. The SAR Government could make its own laws which it would report to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for the record. The Central Government would not intervene so long as the SAR made laws within the sphere and limits of its authority as prescribed by the Basic Law and in accordance with the legal procedures.
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The Government of the Hong Kong SAR would be composed of local inhabitants. Chief officials would be nominated by the SAR
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The people nommatidials Government and appointed by the Central Government. Other officials would be appointed by the SAR Government.
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CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
5. Existing constitutional instruments relating to Hong Kong (eg the Letters' Patent and the Royal Instructions) would be revoked. The provisions of those instruments which are relevant to the Government of the Hong Kong SAR would be replaced by similar
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