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MIPT: FOLLOWING IS CONTINUATION OF ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT

DRAFT OF SECTION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.

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DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL

ADMINISTRATIVE REGION.

UNDER PARAGRAPH 3(12) OF THE JOINT DECLARATION THE POLICIES OF

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA REGARDING HONG KONG, WHICH ARE SET

OUT IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF THE JOINT DECLARATION, AND THE ELABORATION

OF THEM IN ANNEX I TO THE JOINT DECLARATION ARE TO BE STIPULATED

IN A BASIC LAW OF THE HONG KONG SAR OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF

CHINA BY THE CHINESE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS. THE BASIC LAW

DRAFTING COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS

HAS MET ON THREE OCCASIONS IN PEKING. 23 OF ITS 59 MEMBERS COME

FROM HONG KONG. FIVE SPECIAL GROUPS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED TO

CONSIDER PARTICULAR AREAS OF THE BASIC LAW. MAINLAND MEMBERS OF

THE SPECIAL GROUPS HAVE MADE STUDY TOURS TO HONG KONG WHERE THEY

HAVE CONSULTED A WIDE RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS. THE

SPECIAL GROUPS HAVE MADE PROGRESS REPORTS TO THE FULL BLDC. IT

IS EXPECTED THAT ON THE BASIS OF THESE REPORTS THE DRAFTING

COMMITTEE WILL, IN THE COURSE OF 1987, CONSIDER DRAFTS OF

INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES OF THE BASIC. LAW. A FULL DRAFT IS DUE TO BE

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