Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) democratic institutions and practices should be fully established before sovereignty over Hong Kong is transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1997; (2) the Basic Law of the Special Administrative Region of the PRC should be amended to be consistent with the Sino-British Joint Resolution on the Question of Hong Kong commitment to democratic and autonomous government; (3) the governments of the United Kingdom and China should respect the will of the people of Hong Kong to establish further democratic institutions and practices and to safeguard their human rights; and (4) the people of Hong Kong are to be commended for their efforts to maintain their freedom and prosperity and to attain fully democratic government.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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