The Common Law in Hong Kong (paragraph 39)
4.
Article 8 of the draft Basic Law provides for the continuation
in force inter alia of the common law after 1997. Article 83
stipulates that the Courts of the HK SAR may refer to precedents in
other common law jurisdications.
Chief Executive's powers to dissolve Legislative Council (paragraph 35)
5.
Article 50 of the draft Basic Law deal with the Chief
Executive's powers to dissolve the Legislative Council. That Article needs to be read in conjunction with Article 69 (which provides that after dissolution, the Legislative Council shall be reconstituted by elections within 3 months) and with Article 52 (which caters for the circumstances where the new Legislative Council again passes the Bill which was originally in dispute).
Nationality/Categories eligible for settlement in the UK (paragraph 58)
6. Students do require entry clearance certificates (unlike short term visitors) but entry for study is not treated as a route to
settlement.
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