Two U.S. senators call on China, Britain to settle flap over colony legal system

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Senators Connie Mack and Craig Thomas have urged the UK and Chinese governments to settle their differences regarding the form of legal system Hong Kong will have when it reverts to Chinese control in 1997. The dispute revolves mainly around the composition of a future Court of Final Appeals the two countries have already agreed to set up as a replacement for the British Privy Council. Observers state that the planned Court of Final Appeals would be a critical factor in ensuring an effective legal system for Hong Kong after its transition to Chinese control.

United Kingdom, China, Laws, regulations and rules, Political activity, Chinese foreign relations, British foreign relations, Mack, Connie, III, Thomas, Craig

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U.S. benefactors help Asian students remain in school

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A number of US companies with operations in Asia are rendering financial aid to help Asian students continue their education in several US universities and colleges. The economic and financial crisis plaguing the region has caused several students to stop schooling due to financial constraints. Unocal Corp and American International Group Inc offers a $4 mil education fund to Filipino, Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai students. AT&T Corp has been granting $5,000 each to qualified Asian-Pacific freshman students since 1995.

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Colleges and universities, Student Loans & Scholarships, Finance, AT&T Corp., T, American International Group Inc., AIG, Student financial aid, Asian students

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Colony tries to assuage U.S. anxieties about 1997

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Hong Kong representatives promise that the business-friendly atmosphere in the territory will be preserved even after it is returned to Chinese rule in an effort to appease American businesspeople and policymakers. An official from the colony said that some of the form or the nomenclature of the rules may be revised but economic freedoms will continue to exist as it is as long as the executive and judicial branches are protected and civil service continues to be nonpartisan.

United States, Political aspects, United States foreign relations, Hong Kong foreign relations, Hong Kong-China reunification question

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