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SUBJECT INDEX

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HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATE ON HONG KONG

: 15 JULY 1988

DEFENSIVE MODULES

A.

Basic Law

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

B.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

Consistency with Joint Declaration?

Human rights provisions in Basic Law? Judicial system.

Relationship between Basic Law and PRC Constitution?

Will Hong Kong enjoy promised high degree of autonomy?

Executive not sufficiently accountable to legislature? Grand Electoral College.

Formation of the first SAR Government

Need for authentic English text of Basic Law?

Provisions on the economy (balanced budget, low tax policy).

Eligibility of foreign passport holders for political and Civil Service posts?

Offences against national unity [Article 22).

Application of 'nationwide statutes' to Hong Kong

[Article 17].

Referendum on the Basic Law.

Parliament and the Basic Law.

B.16. Implementation of the Joint Declaration

C. Representative Government

17. Further changes in 1991?

18. Further changes after 1991?

19. Broken promises by HMG?

20. China has influenced decisions in White Paper?

21. Review biased against direct elections in 1988/Survey Office

public opinion survey inaccurate.

22. Direct elections in 1991 gives insufficient time for democracy

to take root.

23. Ten directly elected seats in 1991 too few.

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