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HONG KONG STUDY
ANNEX G
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CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION OF HONG KONG
1.
Present Situation
Hong Kong is:
(a)
part of Her Majesty's dominions;
(b)
a British possession;
(c)
a colony;
(d)
a Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom.
UK Sovereignty and Chinese claims
[ace alas 4K] 2.
has
The United Kingdom possesses sovereignty over the
island of Hong Kong and the tip of the Kowloon peninsula,
these areas having been ceded by China to the United Kingdom
by the Treaties of 1842 and 1860. The PRC also claim
sovereignty over these areas on the ground that the two
Treaties were unequal treaties imposed by force but the UK
has not admitted the claim. The UK possesses the New
Territories, which comprise the rest of the colony, under
an international lease for a term of 99 years expiring on
30 June 1997 granted by the Convention of 1898, and under
the Order in Council of that year the New Territories are
treated as part and parcel of the colony during the period
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