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OF 250707Z MARCH 86
10 DESKBY 26010OZ HONG KONG
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HONG KONG TELNO 849: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, THE BASIC LAW AND THE 1987 REVIEW: THE QUESTION OF CONVERGENCE
1. HAVE THE FOLLOWING DETAILED COMMENTS ON THE TEXT IN SECOND TUR:
(A) PARAGRAPH 3, FIRST SENTENCE: SUGGEST THAT WE REFER EXPLICITLY TO ... GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM FOLLOWING THE REVIEW IN 1987'':
(B) PARAGRAPH 5: SUGGEST THE CHAPEAU BE AMENDED TO READ: ''FOR CONVERGENCE TO BE ACHIEVED ACCOUNT WILL NEED TO BE TAKEN OF INTER ALENA THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:'':
(C) SUBSTITUTE PARAGRAPH'' FOR ARTICLE' MIN PARAGRAPH 5(A) AND (B).
* ALSO SUGGEST THAT WE STICK TO THE PHRASE USUALLY EMPLOYED: ''ANNEX TO THE JOINT DECLARATION IN PARAGRAPH 5(A):
(D) PARAGRAPH 7: THE REFERENCE IS INCORRECT. WE SHOULD REFER EITHER TO ANNEX 1 TO THE JOINT DECLARATION (WHICH REFERS TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE BEING SELECTED BY ELECTION OR THROUGH CONSULTATIONS HELD LOCALLY ...'') OR SOLELY TO THE JOINT DECLARATHON IN WHICH CASE THE APPROPRIATE EXTRACT FROM PARAGRAPH 3(4) SHOULD BE CNTED. ALSO SUGGEST THAT THE FINAL SENTENCE BE AMENDED TO READ: THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POSSIBLE METHODS OF ACHIEVING SELECTION ON THIS BASIS, HINCLUDING: '':
(E) PARAGRAPH 18, SECOND SENTENCE: ASSUME THAT THE REFERENCE TO ''EXERCISE OF THE FOLLOWING POWERS' IS TO EXERCISE BY BNOTH THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE. IF SO, SUGGEST THIS BE SPECIFIED:
(F) PARAGRAPH 22: THE PASSAGE MINNVERTED COMMAS IS INCORRECTLY QUOTED. SUGGEST THAT THE PARAGRAPH BE RECAST AS FOLLOWS:
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22. UNDER ANNEX TO THE JOINT DECLARATHON, LEGISLATIVE POWER OF THE HK SAR IS TO BE VESTED IN THE LEGISLATURE WHICH MAY ON ITS OWN AUTHORITY ENACT LAWS UN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE BASIC LAW AND LEGAL PROCEDURES, AND REPORT THEM TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NPC FOR THE RECORD.''
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