Apart from the areas of defense and foreign affairs, which are matters of sovereignty, the future SAR government will retain a large measure of autonomy. It can even keep English as an official language, as under British rule.
除了事涉主權的軍事和外交外，未來的香港特區政府將保有高度自治的權力，甚至英文也仍可維持港英時期「正式語文」的地位。