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Following is the transcript of the English portion of the media session given by the Chief Executive, Mr Tung Chee Hwa, after his visit to Sha Tin this (Wednesday) afternoon:

Reporter : Can you respond to the concern that the Hong Kong's legal autonomy is being eroded because the government is not doing enough to push for the return of these Hong Kong criminals?

Mr Tung : Well let me say this. These particular cases that we are referring to are that they are being tried in China. And legally they can be tried in China as they had violated Chinese laws. And we, in Hong Kong, under one-country two-systems must respect the legal procedures inside China. So no. Our legal system is not at all under threat.

End/Wednesday, November 11, 1998

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Chief Executive's transcript (Chinese part)