HC Deb 05 July 1995 vol 263 cc260-1W
35. Mr. MacShane

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what guarantees he has obtained from the Chinese Government that press freedom and trade union rights will be respected in Hong Kong after 1 July 1997. [30929]

Mr. Baldry

Under the Sino-British joint declaration, the Government of the future Hong Kong special administrative region shall maintain the rights and freedoms provided for by the laws previously in force in Hong Kong. The declaration explicitly protects freedom of the press, freedom to form and join trade unions, and freedom to strike.

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