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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 843
OF 060709Z JUNE 91
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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MFA PRESS CONFERENCE:
1.
BILL OF RIGHTS
AT THE MFA PRESS BRIEFING ON 6 JUNE 1991, THE PRESS SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD EARLIER BEEN ASKED FOR THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S COMMENTS ON THE HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL'S PASSING OF A BILL OF RIGHTS.
2.
HE REPLIED THAT, IN DISREGARD OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S PRINCIPAL POSITION ON HONG KONG (WHICH HAD BEEN STATED ON MANY OCCASIONS), THE BRITISH SIDE HAD INSISTED ON MAKING A BILL OF RIGHTS, WHICH WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HKSAR'S BASIC LAW. THE CHINESE SIDE REGRETTED THIS AND RESERVED THE RIGHT TO EXAMINE AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME AFTER 1997 THE LAWS CURRENTLY IN FORCE (INCLUDING THE BOR) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE BASIC LAW.
3 =
HE SAID THAT THE CHINESE SIDE REITERATED THAT THE GUARANTEE OF THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS WAS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT PART OF THE BASIC GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF HONG KONG WHICH HAD BEEN WRITTEN INTO THE J.D. AND ENSHRINED IN THE BASIC LAW. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT BELIEVED THAT WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BASIC LAW. THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS WOULD BE FULLY GUARANTEED.
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