TNAG-2103-FCO40-2995-Future-of-Hong-Kong-exchanges-with-the-Chinese-on-the-Basic--1990 — Page 95

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004776 MDHIAN 8755

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 738

OF 27110OZ FEBRUARY 90

HKC01213

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

- 1 MAR 1990

DESK OFFICER

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REGIST

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

FOR HKD

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YOUR TELNO 438: BASIC LAW: PUBLIC LINE

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1 WE ARE PREPARING ANALYSES OF THE ''SATISFACTORY'' AND ''UNSATISFACTORY'' POINTS IN THE BASIC LAW ON AN ISSUE-BY-ISSUE BASIS. THESE WILL BE FAXED TO HKD.

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2. THERE ARE SEVERAL ARTICLES WHICH ARE NOT/NOT ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY, BUT, BEARING IN MIND OUR GENERAL LINE THAT THE BASIC LAW IS ON THE WHOLE AN ACCEPTABLE REFLECTION OF THE JD, WE THINK WE SHOULD CONFINE OUR LIST OF ''UNSATISFACTORY'' ISSUES TO THE MAJOR ONES RAISED IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S LETTER TO QIAN OF DECEMBER 1989 AND THROUGH THE FIFOOT/SHAO CHANNEL (I.E. ARTS 2 AND 12, ART 19, ART 22 (PARA 4), ART 64, ART 106, ART 157 AND JD 85) PLUS THE NEW ISSUES OF ART 24(4) AND THE NATIONALITY/RIGHT OF ABODE REQUIREMENT FOR LEGCO MEMBERS.

3. TO GIVE A BALANCED PRESENTATION OF THE BASIC LAW, THE BULL POINTS COUR TELNOS 677 AND 678) WILL NEED TO BE SUITABLY HIGHLIGHTED. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES WILL THEREFORE BE INCLUDED IN OUR LIST OF ''SATISFACTORY'' ISSUES.

4. PARA 4(B) OF TUR: WE WILL REPORT CURRENT CONCERNS ON THE BASIC LAW ONCE A CLEARER PICTURE HAS EMERGED.

WILSON

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