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(YOU WILL NOTE THAT THIS FORMULATION ALSO MAKES CLEAR THAT IT IS NOT HMG BUT THE JOINT DECLARATION WHICH STATES THAT ANNEX 1'S PROVISIONS WILL BE STIPULATED IN THE BASIC LAW)
(B) A6: AS SEEN FROM HERE, # WONDER #F THE SECOND SENTENCE 'S NOT A BIT OF A HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE. REALISE, OF COURSE, THAT ADDING A CAVEAT TO THE SENTENCE WOULD REDUCE ITS USEFULNESS #N HONG KONG BUT #1 WONDER WHETHER IT WOULD NOT BE MORE PRUDENT TO AMEND IT ALONG THE FOLLOWING LINES.
TO HIMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES IN THIRD COUNTRIES, (ALTHOUGH IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS THIS HAS TO REMAIN A MATTER FOR GOVERNMENTS OF THIRD COUNTRIES THEMSELVES TO DETERMINE'
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