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MACAU AGREEMENT

RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

HONG KONG AGREEMENT

10. No provision for individuals to 10. Provisions for "every person challenge executive in courts.

11. No provision on the international human rights covenants, but a clause stating that inhabitants and other persons in the SAR "shall all be equal before the law, and shall be free from discrimination, irrespective of nationality, descent, sex, race, language, religion, political or ideological belief, educational level, economic status or social conditions".

12. Provision that religious organisations and believers "may carry out activities as before for religious purposes and within the limits as prescribed by law".

13. Provision that the SAR shall "protect, according to law, the interests of residents of Portuguese descent in Macau and shall respect their customs and cultural traditions".

PUBLIC SERVICE

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certain

14. Portuguese and other foreign nationals excluded from principal official posts"

15. System of appointment and promotion of public servants to remain "basically unchanged".

(to)... have the right to challenge

| the actions of the executive in the

courts".

11. Express provision that the

| international covenants remain in

I force in the SAR.

12. No such provisions.

13. No equivalent provision.

14. British and other foreign nationals excluded from official posts at level of "heads of major

| government departments (corresponding

to branches or departments at

| Secretary level) including the police

I department, and as deputy heads of

| some of those departments".

15. System to be maintained "save for any provisions providing privileged I treatment for foreign nationals".

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