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5 The above arrangements for the proposed Visa Office in
Hong Kong are based on the understanding that:
a) it will be known as the Hong Kong Visa Office of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic
of China;
b) it will not be a representative office of the
Government of the People's Republic of China and its
functions will be restricted to the issue of visas;
and
c) it will be separate from the Hong Kong Branch of the
NCNA, whose First Director will remain the senior
'Chinese official in Hong Kong directly responsible
to the Government of the People's Republic of China.