The constitutions of a number of other dependent territories include Human Rights provisions which take precedent over the ir domestic laws. Should that be the case in Hong Kong?
(iii) Smooth transfer of Government
(a)
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Rationalisation/Localisation of Legislation
Is it our intention to hand over Hong Kong as it stands on paper or as it works in practice?
Powers of the Governor. Are the powers of the Chief Executive as laid down in the Basic Law broadly the same as the Governor's powers under the present system? Is there a risk that the Governor's very extensive powers, many of which have not been used in practice for a long time, could become potentially oppressive under the post-1997 regime? Is anything being done to reduce this risk?
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Powers of Hong Kong Authorities. A number of Ordinances public order, police force, education) give far-reaching powers to the Hong Kong authorities. (e.g. Hong Kong Police enjoy extensive powers of censorship; Education ordinance does not allow political education). Is anything being done to change these powers with an eye to the · position after 1997?
(b)
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Representative Government
Do the White Paper's proposals go far enough to ensure that representative government is established well before 1997?
Does the fact that only 13 seats were contested in the LegCo elections in September 1988 and the relatively low turn out in the recent municipal elections suggest that most people in Hong Kong are not particularly concerned about the development of representative
government?
Do the proposals in annexes 1 and 2 to the Basic Law match the undertakings in the Joint Declaration? Do they go far enough?
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