05-JAN-1993 15:39
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BR
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socially.
It
requires a lot of preparations. This
organisation's main work is to advise. But it will
not be a body with authority.
When will China set up such a body?
We are
more.
collecting opinions, We need to hear some Hong Kong people have made that request. We
need to hear views from all sectors.
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What would be the membership and composition?
There is no concrete view on these yet.
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You've just mentioned that its existence would not breach the Joint Declaration. But don't you agree that such a body, when organising and preparing transitional matters, would undoubtedly affect the Government's authority?
This
This should not be the case. According to the Joint Declaration, the British Hong Kong Government is responsible for the administration before 1997. body would definitely not interfere with day-to-day administrative affairs.
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If someone would like to invest in Hong Kong, he sees there's this body. They would come and ask if the
contracts would still be valid after 1997. Wouldn't
the Government become a lame duck?
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