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PREVAIL THEN.
IT COVERS:
(A) CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE:
(B) THE LEGAL SYSTEM:
(C) THE PUBLIC SERVICE:
(D) THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM:
(E) THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM AND EXTERNAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS:
(F) THE MONETARY SYSTEM:
(G) SHIPPING:
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(H) CIVIL AVIATION:
(I) CULTURE AND EDUCATION:
(J) EXTERNAL RELATIONS:
(K) DEFENCE, SECURITY AND PUBLIC ORDER:
(L) RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS.
(M) NATIONALITY
ANNEX TWO SETS OUT THE PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP. THE JOINT
LIAISON GROUP WILL BE ESTABLISHED ON THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE
AGREEMENT AND WILL MEET IN PEKING, LONDON AND HONG KONG. FROM 1
JULY 1988 IT WILL BE BASED IN HONG KONG, ALTHOUGH IT WILL ALSO
CONTINUE TO MEET IN PEKING AND LONDON. IT WILL CONTINUE ITS WORK
UNTIL 1 JANUARY 2000. THE ANNEX INCLUDES TERMS OF REFERENCE
WHICH CLEARLY INDICATE THAT THE GROUP WILL BE A FORUM FOR LIAISON
ONLY AND NOT AN ORGAN OF POWER. IT WILL NEITHER PLAY A PART IN
THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG OR HAVE ANY SUPERVISORY ROLE.
23. ANNEX THREE SETS OUT PROVISIONS GOVERNING LAND. (SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN) TO BE EXPANDED. (SQUARE BRACKETS END)
24.
THE AGREEMENT SETS OUT CLEARLY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
PROVISIONS WHICH IT CONTAINS AND THE BASIC LAW OF THE HONG KONG
SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, TO BE PROMULGATED BY THE NATIONAL
PEOPLE'S CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. ARTICLE
3(12) OF THE JOINT DECLARATION PROVIDES THAT THE BASIC POLICIES
IN THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE ELABORATION OF THEM IN ANNEX 1
WILL BE STIPULATED IN THE BASIC LAW. THEY WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED
FOR 50 YEARS.
25.
PART THREE OF THIS WHITE PAPER CONTAINS FURTHER EXPLANATORY
NOTES ON THE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT AND ITS ANNEXES.
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