-negotiate and conclude new Air Service Agreements providing routes for airlines incorporated and having their principal place of business in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and rights for over- flights and technical stops; and
-negotiate and conclude provisional arrangements where no Air Service
Agreement with a foreign state or other region is in force.
All scheduled air services to, from or through the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region which do not operate to, from or through the mainland of China shall be regulated by Air Service Agreements or provi- sional arrangements referred to in this paragraph.
The Central People's Government shall give the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government the authority to:
-negotiate and conclude with other authorities all arrangements concerning the implementation of the above Air Service Agreements and provisional arrangements;
---issue licences to airlines incorporated and having their principal place
of business in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; -designate such airlines under the above Air Service Agreements and
provisional arrangements; and
-issue permits to foreign airlines for services other than those to, from
or through the mainland of China.
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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall maintain the educational system previously practised in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government shall on its own decide policies in the fields of culture, education, science and technology, including policies regarding the educational system and its administration, the language of instruction, the allocation of funds, the examination system, the system of academic awards and the recognition of educational and technological qualifications. Institutions of all kinds, including those run by religious and community organisations, may retain their autonomy. They may continue to recruit staff and use teaching materials from outside the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Students shall enjoy freedom of choice of education and freedom to pursue their education outside the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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Subject to the principle that foreign affairs are the responsibility of the Central People's Government, representatives of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government may participate, as members of delega- tions of the Government of the People's Republic of China, in negotiations at the diplomatic level directly affecting the Hong Kong Special Admini- strative Region conducted by the Central People's Government. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region may on its own, using the name
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