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HONG KONG/CHINA LEGAL ISSUES: VISIT TO HONG KONG BY BRIAN WROBEL

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1 I AM WRITING TO YOU BECAUSE I NOTE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ADMINISTRATING THE LEGAL STUDY VISITS TO AND FROM CHINA, WHICH HAVE RECENTLY BEEN RESURRECTED.

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BRIAN WROBEL OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH ME ABOUT A TRIP TO HONG KONG AND CHINA IN JULY TO DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF LAW TO THE PROCESS OF ADMINISTRATION. HIS INTEREST STEMS FROM A VISIT TO PEKING IN JANUARY 1988 WHEN THE ALL CHINA LAWYERS ASSOCIATION ARRANGED FOR HIM TO MEET THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COMMISSION FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NPC AND

INCLUDES:

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THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS IN HONG KONG AND CHINA AFTER 1997:

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CENTRAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN CHINA:

ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING NEEDS IN CHINA AND HONG KONG:

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BASIC LAW AND HONG KONG'S SYSTEM:

THE IMPACT OF HONG KONG'S BILL OF RIGHTS.

WHEN I MET MR WROBEL, I OUTLINED TO HIM THE CONTACTS THAT ALREADY EXIST BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA IN THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FIELDS AND POINTED OUT THAT THE WHOLE OF THE JLG MACHINERY ACTS AS A MEANS OF EDUCATING THE CHINESE ABOUT HOW HONG KONG'S LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS WORK. I STRESSED

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