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OCMIAN 5073
CONFIDENTIAL
OO HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
29140OZ AUG
GRS 1618
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1221
OF 29140OZ AUGUST 85
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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MIPT: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL: DRAFT
WHITE PAPER
FOLLOWING IS REVISED TEXT OF WHITE PAPER REFERRED TO IN PARA 1 OF
TUR:
BEGINS
INTRODUCTION
1.
THE HONG KONG ACT 1985 (C.15) RECEIVED ROYAL ASSENT ON 4
APRIL 1985. IT MADE PROVISION FOR THE ENDING OF BRITISH
SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION OVER HONG KONG ON 1 JULY 1997, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION ON THE
QUESTION OF HONG KONG REACHED BETWEEN HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (HEREAFTER
'THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'). PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE
ACT CONFERRED POWER TO GIVE EFFECT BY ORDER IN COUNCIL TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM MEMORANDUM ASSOCIATED WITH THE
JOINT DECLARATION. THE PURPOSE OF THIS WHITE PAPER IS TO PRESENT
THE TEXT OF A DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL, WHICH IS AT ANNEX 1.
2.
DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE HONG KONG BILL HER MAJESTY'S
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