Basic Law

19 May 2013

Hong Kong has more than a dozen laws that are not binding on the central government's liaison office or other representatives of Beijing, such as legislation on personal privacy and the...

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History key to Basic Law disputes

17 May 2013

The successful drafting and the promulgation of the Basic Law in 1990 would not have been possible without the concerted efforts of major stakeholders to reconcile seemingly irreconcilable views...

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Beijing agencies in Hong Kong bound by local laws, Justice Department says

16 May 2013

All employees of offices set up in Hong Kong by the central government are to obey the city's laws, as laid out in the Basic Law, the Department of Justice says.

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Right to suffrage framed by Basic Law

3 May 2013

In March, Qiao Xiaoyang, chairman of the Law Committee under the National People's Congress, said Hong Kong's chief executive ought to be a patriot.

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Hong Kong people can't just wait around for democracy; they must act

1 May 2013

My story begins with the appearance of the pro-democracy legislators on the balcony of the former Legislative Council building at midnight on June 30, 1997.

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Civic Exchange calls for ruling on 'unsustainable' small house policy

25 Apr 2013

The government has been urged to seek a court ruling on whether building a three-storey house is a traditional right of indigenous villagers that is protected by the Basic Law.

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Basic Law key to 2017 election

I have been thinking for some time about how the Hong Kong chief executive should be elected by universal suffrage in 2017.

After many years under the Basic Law and "one country, two...

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Screening is not the way to 'love China, love Hong Kong'

Hong Kong appears on the verge of a constitutional crisis, launched when chairman of the National People's Congress Law Committee Qiao Xiaoyang proclaimed that candidates for chief executive in...

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Hong Kong must stick with the Basic Law

Almost 30 years after the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the future of Hong Kong, and more than 15 years after the implementation of the Basic Law, Hong Kong's development...

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LAW

Basic Law expert accused of twisting facts on voting rights

Pan-democrats and legal experts have called into question the credibility of a Basic Law heavyweight after she allegedly "twisted facts" regarding people's political rights guaranteed in the...

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ELECTORAL REFORM

Beijing-loyalist Maria Tam says the right to be elected is not universal

Speaking on a television talk show, the head of the Hong Kong delegation to the National People's Congress dismissed a UN Human Rights Committee's report on Hong Kong. The report expressed concern...

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RIGHT OF ABODE

Cross-border babies not home yet

The justice secretary is expected to be grilled by lawmakers about the right of abode for children born in Hong Kong to mainland parents after the Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying stressed the city...

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