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provisions on the structure and operation of the future SAR

Government. These are:

(a)

except for foreign and defence affairs which are the responsibilities of the Central People's* Government of the Peoples Republic of China, the

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be

vested with executive, legislative and independent

judicial power including that of final adjudication;

(b)

the Government and legislature of the Hong

Kong Special Administrative Region shall be composed

of local inhabitants;

(c)

the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special

Administrative Region shall be selected by election

or through consultations held locally and be appointed by the Central People's Government;

(d)

the legislature of the Hong Kong Special

Administrative Region shall be constituted by

elections. Legislative powers shall be vested in

the legislature.

(e)

the executive authorities shall abide by the

law and shall be accountable to the legislature.

THE CONVERGENCE

For convergence to be achieved account will need to

be taken of inter alia the following factors:

5.

(a) the provisions in paragraph 3 and Annex 1 to

the Joint Declaraiion about the basic policies of

the PRC regarding Hong Kong;

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