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OUR TELNO 2050: HONG KONG AGREEMENT:
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LEGISLATION
The Secretary of State has now completed consultation with
Parliamentary managers on the Parliamentary handling of the Hong
Kong Bill. He will now wish to put a paper collectively to
14 Ministers on the outline and key points of the Legislation.
Before doing this we should be grateful to know that you are
content with the following aspects of the legislation.
TERMINATION OF SOVEREIGNTY
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The crucial point in the Bill is the termination of
sovereignty in 1997. The termination of sovereignty in the ceded
territories could be made either i) by a clause in the Act which
would itself terminate UK sovereignty over the ceded territories
as from 1 July 1997; or ii) by an enabling clause giving power to
make an Order in Council bringing into effect the termination of
sovereignty from 1 July 1997.
3. The strong advice of Parlamentary managers is that if we
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Hong Kong Agreement
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