TNAG-1862-FCO40-2639-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1989 — Page 55

Problem

CONFIDEMIRA

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Preferred Redraft

Possible Channels

Art. 11: There are 4

outstanding points:

(a) It is not immediately clear

that the phrase "and the

relevant policies" is

intended to relate to the various systems enumerated, which in turn are supposed to illustrate the expression "the systems and policies practised in the Hong Kong

SAR".

(b) Para. 1 does not make any

reference to the protection of the fundamental rights

and freedoms of

non-residents.

(a)-(c) A suggested redraft reads as

follows:

"In accordance with Article 31 of

the Constitution of the PRC, the systems practised in the Hong Kong SAR, including the social and

economic systems, the system for protecting the fundamental rights and freedoms, and the executive, legislative and judicial systems, as well as the policies relating to those systems, shall comply with the provisions in this Law."

legal experts channel

- BLDC interlocutors: Rayson

Huang, Maria Tam

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