TNAG-1602-FCO40-2198-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1987 — Page 206

Text proposed by the BLDC Special Groups

Article 2

Article 3

Temporary Hong Kong residents those who have obtained Hong Kong identity cards in accordance with law but are not permanent residents.

Our proposed text

(g)

freedom of correspondence;

are

(h)

freedom of travel;

(i)

freedom of movement;

(j)

freedom of strike;

(k)

freedom of demonstration;

(1)

freedom

of

choice

of

occupation;

(m)

freedom of academic research;

(n)

freedom of belief;

All Hong Kong residents, regardless of their nationality, race, ethnic nationality,

sex,

occupation, religious belief, educational level, and financial situation, shall be equal before the law.

Those permanent Hong

Hong Kong residents who have reached the age of 21 shall have the right to vote and to be elected in accordance with the provisions of the law.

Article 4

Hong Kong residents

Article 5

shall,

in

accordance with the law, have;

(1) freedom of speech, of the press

and of publication;

(2) freedom of association,

to form

and join trade unions, and of strike;

(3) freedom

of assembly and of

procession.

Freedom of

of the person of Hong Kong residents shall be inviolable.

No Hong Kong resident may be unlawfully arrested, detained or

imprisoned. restriction

Unlawful deprivation or by any means of the freedom of the person

of any resident is prohibited. Unlawful body search is prohibited.

Article 4:

Article 5:

(0)

inviolability of the home;

(p) the freedom to marry; and

(q) the right to raise a family

freely.

Kong

Every person in the Hong Special Administrative Region shall have the rights:

(a) to confidential legal advice; (b) to access to the courts;

(c)

to

(a)

(e)

representation

in

the

courts by lawyers of his choice;

to obtain judicial remedies; and

to challenge the actions of the executive in the courts.

Rights concerning the ownership of property, including those relating to acquisition, use, disposal, inheritance and compensation for lawful deprivation of property (corresponding to the real value of the property concerned, freely convertible and paid without undue delay) shall continue to be protected by law in the

the Hong Kong

SECRET Special Administrative Region.

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