DRAFT
DSR 11C
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HONG KONG AND THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
Question:
What is the legal basis of the British position
in Hong Kong?
Answer:
The New Territories are leased and all other areas of the
Dependency are ceded to the United Kingdom.
[If pressed] The relevant Treaties are the Treaty of
Nanking, signed on 29 August 1842, the first Convention
of Peking, signed on 24 October 1860, and the second
Convention of Peking, signed on 9 June 1898.
Questions on Sovereignty:
Answer:
The present arrangements have the full agreement of the
Chinese and British Governments and are working well.
Question:
Does HMG intend to stand by its commitment to
Hong Kong and its people?
Answer :
Yes, Ministers have on many occasions made clear that our
constitutional responsibility to Hong Kong and its people
remains undiminished.
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