Agreement really depends on its
acceptability to the people of Hong
Kong. For the people to accept the
Agreement, the Agreement:
must be very detailed; it must
provide clear and precise definitions of all aspects of
Hong Kong's existing systems.
must be mutually binding as
between the two signing
countries of China and Britain.
must contain a provision
stipulating that the Basic Law of the Special Administrative
Region of Hong Kong will be
based on the terms in the
Agreement. This would prevent
unnecessary arguments among the
people of Hong Kong in future
when the Basic Law is drafted.
In addition, such a provision in
the Agreement would help to give confidence throughout the period when the Basic Law is being
drafted.
It is said that such a provision
would be an interference into
the internal affairs of China.
We do not think that this
argument has any validity.
China has already made clear publicly its policies for Hong
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