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TELNO 2725 OF 3/11/84
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
MY TELNO 2715: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: VU XUEQIAN'S REPORT TO THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE.
1. THE FOLLOWING IS OUR TRANSLATION OF THE FULL TEXT OF HU'S REPORT CARRIED IN PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 7 NOVEMBER.
BEGINS:
THE TALKS BETWEEN OUT GOVERNMENT AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ON THE
SATISFACTORILY QUESTION OF HONG KONG, WHICH LASTED FOR TWO YEARS, CONCLUDED ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1984. THE LEADERS OF THE TWO GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS CARRIED OUT THE INITIALLING ON 26 SEPTEMBER AND THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT WAS ALSO PUBLISHED THAT DAY.
THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG INCLUDES A MAIN DOCUMENT, IE. THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG'', AND THREE ANNEXES. THE THREE ANNEXES ARE: 'ELABORATION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OF ITS BACIC
• 'SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP": POLICIES REGARDING HONG KONG'':
AND
LAND LEASES!'. IN ADDITION THE TWO GOVERNMENTS WILL, AT THE TIME OF FORMAL SIGNATURE OF THE AGREEMENT, EXCHANGE MEMORANDA ONL THE QUESTION OF THE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS OF CERTAIN HONG KONG
RESIDENTS.
THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON THE HONG KONG QUESTION WAS REACHED THROUGH PATIENT AND CAREFUL DISCUSSION IN WHICH BOTH SIDES PUT THE EMPHASIS ON THE OVERALL SITUATION AND ADOPTED A SPIRIT OF FIRENDLY COOPERATION. THE AGREEMENT AFFIRMED THAT OUR COUNTRY WILL ON
1 JULY 1997 RECOVER HONG KONG AND RESUME THE EXERCISE OF SOVEREIGNTY. AT THE SAME TIME IT RECORDED OUR GOVERNMENT'S BASIC POLICIES REGARDING HONG KONG AND SET OUT A NUMBER OF OTHER ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY. THE SUCCESSFUL SOLUTION OF THE HONG KONG QUESTION IS IN FULL CONFIRMITY WITH THE BASIC INTERESTS OF THE WHOLE CHINESE PEOPLE, INCLUDING COMPATRIOTS IN HONG KONG, AND IS A MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENT WORTHY OF CONGRATULATION.
NOW, ON BEHALF OF THE STATE COUNCIL, I SUBMIT THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT. ON THE HONG KONG QUESTION TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS AND OFFER THE FOLLOWING EXPLANATION AND REPORT ON CERTAIN RELATED MATTERS AND
ISSUES.
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