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23.

ix)

x)

a final court of appeal to be established in

S.A.R.:

to have autonomy in the management of the

civil service, save for any provisions providing

privileged treatment for foreign nationals.

The above items differ from the present situation in

that first Hong Kong does not have autonomy:

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i)

ii)

in shipping and air service agreement matters; and

foreign agreements in areas other

negotiating

than trade; and second;

a final court of appeal is to be established in the

S.A.R.

Structure of S.A.R. Government

25.

The Joint Declaration Clause 3(4) and Annex I provide

that the Government and legislature of the Hong Kong Special

Administrative Region shall be composed of local inhabitants.

The chief executive shall be selected by election or through

consultations held locally and be appointed by the Central

People's Government. Principal officials (equivalent to

Secretaries) shall be nominated by the chief executive of

the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and appointed

by the Central People's Government. The legislature of the

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be constituted

by elections. The executive authorities shall abide by the

law and shall be accountable to the legislature.

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