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As will be apparent from the chapters dealing
with Hong Kong's formal constitutional position,
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the Foreign & Commonwealth Office are in theory in
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a position to dictate to the Hong Kong Government
on a wide range of subjects. In practice, as so De relationship is often happens in the British system, things are
rather different and the theoretical powers are not
customarily exercised. The Foreign & Commonwealth
Office takes considerable care to ensure that the
Hong Kong Government is consulted in advance about
issues likely to affect Hong Kong as well as on the
drafting of answers to the large number of
parliamentary questions on Hong Kong which are
tabled each year.
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office
performs a very valuable role in ensuring that the
rest of the Whiteball machinery is made aware of
Hong Kong's interests (and these are not by any
means always the same as those of the U.K.) in
subjects for which other Government departments
are responsible.
For example, it is always
necessary to consider when an international
agreement is being negotiated or entered into by
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the United Kingdom) whether the validity of such an
agreement should be extended to Hong Kong.
consultation with the relevant departments of the
Hong Kong Government is necessary and where the
channels of communications do not already exist the
Political Adviser's Office can help set them up
through the co-operation of the relevant departments in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
office.]
C.S. 209
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