Basic Law Quiz

According to the Basic Law, how should the HKSAR handle its financial revenues?

• • To be handed over to the Central People’s Government in full amount

• • Half of the amount shall be handed over to the Central People’s Government and the other half shall be maintained by HKSAR for its own purposes

• • The remaining amount after deducting the tax levied by the Central People’s Government shall be maintained by the HKSAR for its own purposes

• • Full amount to be used exclusively for the HKSAR’s own purposes

Which authority is vested with the power to amend the Basic Law?

• • The National People’s Congress 全國人民代表大會

• • The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress 全國人民代表大會常務委員會

• • The Committee for the Basic Law of the HKSAR of the National People’s Congress 全國人民代表大會香港特別行政區基本法委員會

• • The Legislative Council of the HKSAR 香港特別行政區立法會

Who is one of the three Secretaries of Departments in the HKSAR apart from the “Chief Secretary for Administration” and the “Financial Secretary”?

• • Secretary for Immigration

• • Secretary for Inland Revenue

• • Secretary for External Affairs

• • Secretary for Justice

What power can the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
全國人民代表大會常務委員會 exercise over the Basic Law?

• • Power of interpretation

• • Power of amendment

• • Power of veto

• • Power of repeal

Which of the following is protected by the HKSAR in accordance with the Basic Law?

• • The property of legal persons

• • Investments from outside the HKSAR

• • The ownership of enterprises

• • All of the above

Which of the following is not expressly provided in the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China as a freedom or right of Hong Kong residents that shall be protected by law?

• Freedom of marriage

• Right to raise a family freely

• Right to subsidized housing

• Welfare benefits of the labour force

According to Article 2 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, any institution, organisation or individual in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in exercising their rights and freedoms: 根據《中華人民共和國香港特別行政區維護國家安全法》第二條，香港特別行政區任何機構、組織和個人在行使權利和自由時，___________。

• shall not criticise the policies of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the basis of objective facts 不可基於客觀事實批評香港特區政府的政策

• shall not be subject to any limitations or restrictions 不受任何限制或約束

• shall not contravene the provision that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is an inalienable part of the People’s Republic of China
  不得違背有關香港特別行政區是中華人民共和國不可分離的部分的規定

• shall not have to respect the rights and freedoms of others
  不必尊重他人權利和自由

Which of the following options most accurately describes the legal basis for the enactment of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region? 以下哪一選項最準確描述制定《中華人民共和國香港特別行政區維護國家安全法》的法律依據？

• The Constitution of the People’s Republic of China and the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China 中華人民共和國憲法》和《中華人民共和國香港特別行政區基本法》

• The Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and the Decision of the National People’s Congress on Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanisms for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to Safeguard National Security 《中華人民共和國憲法》、《中華人民共和國香港特別行政區基本法》和《全國人民代表大會關於建立健全香港特別行政區維護國家安全的法律制度和執行機制的決定》

• The Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, and the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China 《中華人民共和國憲法》、《中華人民共和國香港特別行政區基本法》和《中華人民共和國刑法》

• The Decision of the National People’s Congress on Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanisms for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to Safeguard National Security, the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China and the National Security Law of the People’s Republic of China 《全國人民代表大會關於建立健全香港特別行政區維護國家安全的法律制度和執行機制的決定》、《中華人民共和國刑法》和《中華人民共和國國家安全法》