(c)
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8.
A Sino-British Land Commission has also been
established
consult on
under
1 and
five
The
the terms of the Joint Declaration to monitor and
matters provided for in the Join t Declaration.
It held
meetings between 10 July and 17 October 1985, all in Hong Kong.
Commission quickly reached agreement on a series of legal documents
for use in land transactions. The Commission also de termined
the
to 31 March 1986.
The
period was 58 hectares,
land disposal programme for the period from 27 May 1985, when the
Join t Declaration entered
in to force,
programme agreed for this
exercising the provision in
specified annual limit of 50 hectares to be exceeded.
(d)
9.
the
ou t
ten-mon th
the Joint Declaration which allows the
Establishment of Basic Law Drafting Committee by Chinese
National People's Congress
Under paragraph 3(12) of the Joint Declaration the policies of
People's Republic of China regarding Hong Kong, which are set
in paragraph 3 of the Joint Declaration, and the elaboration of
them in Annex I to the Joint Declaration wil1 be stipulated in a
Basic
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.
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. Her Majesty's
Government have publicly welcomed the Chinese decision to consult
the people of Hong Kong on a wide basis on the drafting of the Basic
Law, and will follow the drafting process closely.
Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the
The
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