TNAG-1439-FCO40-1923-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 118

SECRET

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 934

OF 26094OZ MARCH 86

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

SECRET

TOR COPY

HKK 011/1

RECEIVED IN MEĜISTRY

26 MAR 1986

BLOK OFFICER

PA

REGISTRY

Action Taken

AjBoy

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YOUR TELNO 564 AND PEKING TELNO 438:

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REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, THE BASIC LAW AND THE 1987 REVIEW.

1. THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE TEXT IN HONG

KONG TELNO 852:

A) TITLE. ''AN ANALYSIS OF THE SSUES WHICH THE BASIC LAW WILL

HAVE TO ADDRESS''

B) PARA 1 NOW READS

''PARAGRAPH 3(12) OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION (JD) STATES THAT THE BASIC POLICIES OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA REGARDING HONG KONG AND THE ELABORATION OF THEM ON ANNEX TO THE

JOINT DECLARATION WILL BE STIPULATED IN A BASIC LAW OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION BY THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, AND THEY WILL REMAIN

UNCHANGED FOR 50 YEARS.'

C) PARA 7(A) NOW READS

''THE BASIC LAW CONTAINS AN EXACT REPETITION OF ANNEX TO THE JOINT DECLARATION, OR AT LEAST FULL AND ACCURATE EXTRACTS FROM HT, WITHOUT RESTRICTIVE INTERPRETATIONS:**

D) PARA 10(A) NOW READS

THERE IS ALREADY PROVISION FOR THE EXISTING RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF

HONG KONG PEOPLE TO BE CONTINUED IN THEIR ENTIRETY. SECTION XJ

OF ANNEX TO THE JOINT DECLARATION ENSURES CONTAINED APPLICATION

TO HONG KONG OF THE TWO INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS. THESE RIGHTS

AND FREEDOMS EXIST FOR THE MOST PART IN THE COMMON LAW OR

ORDINANCES, AND ANY ATTEMPT TO CODIFY OR CATALOGUE THESE RIGHTS WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO LIMIT THEM THAN TO PRESERVE OR EXTEND

THEM:''

SEORET

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