Clause 14 : No right to elect Executive or Legislative Council (paragraph 4(e)
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The language of this clause could be softened as Members, for example to read "Article 22 shall be neither requiring nor preventing the of an elected Executive or Legislative Council in As drafted, however, Clause 14 follows exactly the language of the UK reservation to the ICCPR, and it gives the Chinese no ground for objection. It is recommended that the present wording should be retained. Notwithstanding this reservation, JD 49 and Article 67 of the draft Basic Law provide that the Legislative Council of the SAR shall be constituted by election.
Postponement of publication of the White Bill (paragraph 4(f)
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The advantage in postponing the publication of the White Bill until after the promulgation of the Basic Law is that the White Bill could be made entirely consistent with the final version of the Basic Law. In particular, this could avoid the possibility of the Chinese amending Article 39 of the draft Basic Law to curtail the effect of the Bill of Rights after 1997.
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The disadvantage is that Government has committed to early publication of the White Bill. delay until after the promulgation of the Basic Law would not be well received by the public and, for example, could give rise to speculation of Government weakness in the face of Chinese
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