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cjal-3061	Chang, Denis	The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Economics and Norms of Credibility	1988	28	.pdf	application/pdf	13089	607	61	This declared common objective, while not exclusively confined to the economic sphere, reinforced earlier assur- ances that investors could set their hearts at ease;3 it also proved to be the primary catalyst in the successful completion of the Sino-British accord.4 Not only does the term prosperity and stability appear in the Joint Declaration,5 but the Basic Law Drafting Committee (Draft- ing Committee) for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR) has since dignified the phrase by enshrining it in the Preamble of the Collection of Draft Provisions of the Basic Law (Collection) and placing it alongside the statement of the national goal of reunification.6 * Barrister-at-law, Q.C. (Hong Kong), Lincoln's Inn; Chairman or the Hong Kong Bar Association (Jan. 1985 - Jan. 1988); Executive Committee Member of the Consultative Com- mittee of the Basic Law for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China and a conveynor of its Special Group on Law; a Chairman of the Hong Kong Board of Review (Inland Revenue Appeals Board). The floating exchange rate system, combined with a discretionary conversion of Hong Kong dollars into foreign assets to back the currency, became a fiat standard.	cache/cjal-3061.pdf	txt/cjal-3061.txt