New act not applicable to Hong Kong, Macao SARs
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-12-17 23:56

China's top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), explained in Beijing on Friday that the anti-secession law it plans to enact will not be applicable to the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions (SARs) of China.

"The draft law against secession is not applicable to the Hong Kong SAR or the Macao SAR," said a senior lawmaker in charge of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the 10th NPC Standing Committee.

The 10th NPC Standing Committee will examine the draft anti-secession law at its 13th session scheduled for next week, according to the decision made at the chairmanship meeting of the Standing Committee held in Beijing Friday afternoon.

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