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TRANSCRIPT A HONG KONG SELECT COMMITTEE MEETING
22 MAR 89
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FOREIGI SECRETARY
(COT):
Apart from that, there have been very many discussions of
issues arising from the Basic Law at official level between
experts of all kinds. So there is a great deal of input gone into
trying to secure as effective a result as we can.
to the Chinese Guverument the views that were expressed within
Hong Kong and of course in this place as well.
And we transmit
We think that the second draft does represent a welcome
improvement of the first draft. There are still areas where
improvement is necessary. The Chinese have emphasised that the
second draft itself will be subject to further changes in light of
views expressed in all these ways.
If I can give you sume examples of clarification.
Article
18 has been changed significantly to meet the anxiety that that
gave too much scope for interference with the autonomy of the SÅR
and you will see that in the second draft provision is made in the
Third Annex identifying the six national laws alone which will be
applied locally in Hong Kong. That is one example.
Another one that was important is in Article 14 because that
did not provide in the first draft for the Joint Declaration
provision which specified specifically and was very imporant thai
the maintenance of public order in the Hong Kong SAR shall be the
responsibility of the Hong Kong SAR Government.
dealt with.
And that has been
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