Worksheet 2: Special Arrangements Applicable to the HKSAR under “One Country, Two Systems”
Group activity
1. Listed below are the arrangements applicable to the mainland of China. Find out the corresponding articles in the Basic Law and write down
these articles and the relative special arrangements applicable to the HKSAR in appropriate boxes.
2. The full text of the Basic Law could be assessed through this link: http://www.info.gov.hk/basic_law/fulltext/c-index.htm
3. Why does our country need to make such special arrangement in the HKSAR?
The Basic Law
applicable to
1. Arrangements
下表列出一些適用於內地的安排。試在《基本法》中找出相對應的條文，並在下表適當的地方中，填寫條文的條目及當中在香特
Reasons for such arrangements
Corresponding
Special arrangements applicable to
the mainland:
別行政區適用的特殊安排。
articles
the HKSAR
2. （在以下的網頁中可找到《基本法》的全文：
Article 1 of the Constitution
www.info.gov.hk/basic_law/fulltext/c-index.htm）
of the People’s Republic of
3. 為什麼國家需要在香港特別行政區作出這些特殊安排？
China.
… The socialist system is the
basic system of the People’s
Republic of China. Disruption
of the socialist system by any
organization or individual is
（Source of Photo:
Hong Kong Yearbook）
prohibited.
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Arrangements applicable to
the mainland:
The Basic Law
Corresponding
Special arrangements applicable to
articles
the HKSAR
Reasons for such arrangements
Article 55 of the Constitution
of the People’s Republic of
China.
It is the sacred duty of every
citizen of the People’s
Republic of China to defend
the motherland and resist
aggression.
It is the honorable duty of
citizens of the People’s
Republic of China to perform
military service and join the
militia in accordance with the
law.
（Source of Photo:
Hong Kong Yearbook）
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Arrangements applicable to
the mainland:
The Basic Law
Corresponding
Special arrangements applicable to
articles
the HKSAR
Reasons for such arrangements
Article 9 of the Law of the
People’s Republic of China
on the Standard Spoken and
Written Chinese Language.
Putonghua
and
the
standardized
Chinese
characters shall be used by
State organs as the official
language,
except
where
（Source of Photo:
Hong Kong Yearbook）
otherwise provided for in
laws.
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Arrangements applicable to
the mainland:
The Basic Law
Corresponding
Special arrangements applicable to
articles
the HKSAR
Reasons for such arrangements
Article 10 of the Law of the
People’s Republic of China
on the Standard Spoken and
Written Chinese Language.
Putonghua
and
the
standardized
Chinese
characters 1 shall be used as
the
basic
language
in
education and teaching in
schools and other institutions
（Source of Photo:
Hong Kong Yearbook）
of education, except where
otherwise provided for in
laws. …
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Standardized Chinese characters include two sets of characters: standard simplified characters and traditional characters. Standard simplified characters refer to those which
have been simplified by the Government and publicized by the State Council. Traditional characters refers to those handed down from history and have not been simplified.
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Arrangements applicable to
the mainland:
The Basic Law
Corresponding
Special arrangements applicable to
articles
the HKSAR
Reasons for such arrangements
Currency
The renminbi or the yuan is
the official currency of the
People’s Republic of China.
The base unit of the renminbi
is the yuan and the fractional
units of the renminbi are jiao
and fen. One yuan is divided
into 10 jiao while one jiao is
divided into ten fen.
（Source of Photo:
Hong Kong Yearbook）
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Arrangements applicable to
the mainland:
The Basic Law
Corresponding
Special arrangements applicable to
articles
the HKSAR
Reasons for such arrangements
Article 1 of the Personal
Income Tax Law of the
People’s Republic of China.
Individuals having permanent
residence inside China or
having stayed inside China for
over a year without permanent
residence shall pay their
personal income tax according
to the provisions of this law
for their income obtained both
（Source of Photo:
Website of Inland Revenue Department ）
within and outside China.
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