TNAG-1863-FCO40-2643-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1989 — Page 104

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Art. 18, Para. 1

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"... the laws previously in force in Hong Kong as stipulated in Article 8

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... the laws previously in force in Hong Kong as specified in Article 8 ..

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Art. 21, Para. I

Art. 22, Para. 3

Art. 23

Art. 24, Para. 2

"... to participate in state affairs

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"... and the personnel of these offices shall abide by

"The Hong Kong Special

Administrative Region shall enact laws on its own to prohibit any act of treason, secession, sedition or theft of state secrets."

"(5) Persons under 21 years of age born in Hong Kong of residents listed in category (4)..."

... to participate in the management of state affairs

and their personnel shall abide by

*(5) Persons under 21 years of age born in Hong Kong of those residents listed in category (4) ......."

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To reflect the Chinese text accurately.

To reflect the Chinese text accurately.

The language of the Chinese

text could be strengthened by 應 The

deleting the word

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English text will not be

affected by this change.

We suggest inserting the word "those" to be consistent with (3) and (6 in paragraph 2 of the same article. (We have commented separately on the need to elaborate on this definition in the interest of clarity.}

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