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MIPT: CONSULAR AGREEMENT AND VISA OFFICE IN HONG KONG
1. FOLLOWING IS REVISED TEXT OF NOTE FROM HMA PEKING TO
FOREIGN MINISTER WU XUEQIAN.
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I HAVE THE HONOUR TO REFER TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BRITISH CONSULATE-GENERAL AT SHANGHAI AND A CHINESE CONSULATE-GENERAL AT MANCHESTER, SIGNED AT PEKING ON 17 APRIL 1984, AND, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE II OF THE AGREEMENT, TO NOTIFY YOU THAT THE PROCEDURES REQUIRED BY THE
I LOOK FORWARD LAW OF THE UNITED KINGDOM HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
TO RECEIVING NOTIFICATION FROM YOU OF THE COMPLETION OF THE PROCEDURES REQUIRED BY THE LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE II THE AGREEMENT SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DATE OF THAT NOTIFICATION.
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I FURTHER HAVE THE HONOUR TO NOTIFY YOU THAT ON OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS DATE CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS
HONG KONG THE CHINESE VISA OFFICE (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ORDINANCE ENTERED INTO FORCE BY NOTICE IN THE GAZETTE, THEREBY GIVING EFFECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THIS EMBASSY AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SET OUT IN THE EXCHANGE OF NOTES OF 14 APRIL 1984 CONCERNING THE MINISTRY'S VISA OFFICE IN HONG KONG. THE SAID UNDERSTANDING WILL THEREFORE COME INTO OPERATION TODAY.
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