Macao Marks 10th Anniversary of Promulgation of Basic Law

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Macao Marks 10th Anniversary of Promulgation of Basic Law

Key personages involved in the drafting of the Macao Basic Law were invited to a grand cocktail party in Macao on Sunday held to mark the 10th anniversary of the promulgation of the Law.

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Key personages involved in the drafting of the Macao Basic Law were invited to a grand cocktail party in Macao on Sunday held to mark the 10th anniversary of the promulgation of the Law.

The Macao Basic Law issued on March 31, 1993, has been the cornerstone of the political and legal systems of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR).

"Macao has undergone unprecedented changes during the 10 years of the execution of the Basic Law, which legally acknowledges the independent executive, legislative, jurisdictional and final judicial rights of the SAR government," said Edmund Ho Hau Wah, chief executive of the Macao SAR, in a speech at the party.

He said that the principle of "One Country, Two systems" laid by the Central Government sets up the guideline of the Macao BasicLaw, and the law is a legal embodiment of the practice of the principle in Macao.

Officials from the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office under the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Macao, who were involved in the drafting of the Basic Law, were invited to witness Macao's changesduring the anniversary celebration.

A series of activities have been held since March 27 in Macao to further publicize the law among local residents, which includesissuing commemorative postage stamps, staging an evening gala and a workshop on the Basic Law.

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