TNAG-1862-FCO40-2639-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1989 — Page 31

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CONFIDENTAL

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Article & Paragraph

Art. 11, Para. 1

Art. 13, Para. 3

"

Original English text

of the draft BL

the system for safeguarding the fundamental rights

"

...

... to deal with relevant external affairs

Suggested text

"... the system for protecting the fundamental rights

" ... to conduct relevant external affairs

FI

Remarks

Internal consistency

(c.f. Article 4 above)

The expression

10

處理

"

is

Art. 14, Para. 2

"... maintenance of the public order of the Region."

...

it shall, on its own, manage the administrative affairs of the Region.

Art. 16

"

Art. 17, Para. 3

any law of the Region is not in conformity with the provisions of this Law ..."

"

...

maintenance of the public order in the Region."

"

it shall, on its own, deal with the governmental affairs of the Region.

any law of the Region is not in accordance with the provisions of this Law."

translated as "conduct" in the

second paragraph of Section I of Annex I to the JD.

Style

It would be more appropriate to translate the term #

處理

as

"deal with", which is broader in

scope than "manage" (the Chinese equivalent of which being " * ££ ").

To draw on the language of the second paragraph of Section II of Annex I to the JD.

CONFIDENIAL

KUWATATUTUNUN JE

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