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ANNEX
COMMENTS ON HONG KONG CHECKLIST DATED NOVEMBER 1984
Section I: Constitutional Arrangements
i)
(a) has obviously been overtaken. This applies elsewhere in
the checklist.
ii) You might add to item (e) that a paper on the subject is
under preparation in Hong Kong.
iii) You may wish to add to (f) the need in the medium term to
carry out the 1987 review on progress towards Representative
Government.
Section II: Legal System
i)
In (b) you should remove the reference to the FCO and replace
it by the United Kingdom.
There are many departments outside the FCO who will be concerned with the extension of future UK legislation to Hong Kong. We should
like to see your proposals for dealing with the whole question of the localization of legislation once they are prepared.
Section III: Judicial System
i)
ii)
(e) will require consultation with the Brunei authorities. You may wish to consider adding to the medium term tasks the
recruitment of more local magistrates
local magistrates in the coming years. This
point was made in the House of Lords debate.
Section IV: The Public Service
i)
items:
a)
You might wish to consider adding the following additional
consider the timing and contents of a compensation scheme for local officers unable to remain in the service of the SAR
Government (medium term).
b)
press the Chinese authorities for details of the concept of "advisers" (medium or long term).
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c)
consider the possible funding of Widows and Orphans and Widows and Childrens schemes (medium term)
d)
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consider need for further localisation measures, eg in the administrative service and police force, in order to have
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