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MEETING IN LONDON FROM 22 TO 25 JULY 1985. AT THAT MEETING THE
TWO SIDES AGREED ON THE WORKING PROCEDURES OF THE GROUP AND ON
ARRANGEMENTS FOR HONG KONG TO REMAIN A MEMBER OF THE ASIAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK AFTER 30 JUNE 1997. THE GROUP ALSO DISCUSSED
HONG KONG'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS AND TRADE AND THE MULTIFIBRE ARRANGEMENT AND THE
CONTINUED APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS TO
HONG KONG. IT WAS AGREED THAT DISCUSSION OF THESE SUBJECTS WOULD
CONTINUE AT THE SECOND MEETING OF THE GROUP.
(C) LAND COMMISSION
8. A SINO-BRITISH LAND COMMISSION HAS ALSO BEEN ESTABLISHED
UNDER THE TERMS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION TO MONITOR AND CONSULT
ON LAND MATTERS PROVIDED FOR IN THE JOINT DECLARATION. IT HELD
FIVE MEETINGS BETWEEN 10 JULY AND 17 OCTOBER 1985, ALL IN HONG
KONG. THE COMMISSION QUICKLY REACHED AGREEMENT ON A SERIES OF
LEGAL DOCUMENTS FOR USE IN LAND TRANSACTIONS. THE COMMISSION
ALSO DETERMINED THE LAND DISPOSAL PROGRAMME FOR THE PERIOD FROM
27 MAY 1985, WHEN THE JOINT DECLARATION ENTERED INTO FORCE, TO 31
MARCH 1986. THE PROGRAMME AGREED FOR THIS TEN-MONTH PERIOD WAS 58 HECTARES, EXERCISING THE PROVISION IN THE JOINT DECLARATION
WHICH ALLOWS THE SPECIFIED ANNUAL LIMIT OF 50 HECTARES TO BE
EXCEEDED.
(D) ESTABLISHMENT OF BASIC LAW
DRAFTING COMMITTEE BY CHINESE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS
9. UNDER PARAGRAPH 3(12) OF THE JOINT DECLARATION THE POLICIES
OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA REGARDING HONG KONG, WHICH ARE
SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF THE JOINT DECLARATION, AND THE
ELABORATION OF THEM IN ANNEX I TO THE JOINT DECLARATION WILL BE
STIPULATED IN A BASIC LAW OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE
REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA BY THE CHINESE NATIONAL
PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, AND THEY WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED FOR 50 YEARS.
THE CHINESE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS HAS APPOINTED A 59-MEMBER
BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE, 23 OF WHOSE MEMBERS COME FROM HONG KONG. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED THE FORMATION OF
A BASIC LAW CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE IN HONG KONG TO REFLECT THE
VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE.
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