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8.
A Sino-British Land Commission has also been
established under
the terms of the Joint Declaration to monitor and consult on
matters provided for in the Join t Declaration.
meetings between 10 July and 17 October 1985, all in
Commission quickly reached agreement on a series of
for
in use
1 and transactions.
land
It held five
Hong Kong. The
legal documents
The Commission also determined the
The
land disposal programme for the period from 27 May 1985, when the
Join t Declaration entered
in to force, to 31 March 1986.
period was 58 hectares,
the Joint Declaration which allows the
ten-mon th
programme agreed for this
exercising the provision in
specified annual limit of 50 hectares
(d)
9.
the
to be exceeded.
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
ou t 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
Hong Kong to reflect the views of the
Hong Kong to the Drafting Committee. Her Majesty's
the Chinese decision have publicly welcomed the people of Hong Kong on a wide basis on the drafting of the Basic
Law, and will follow the drafting process closely.
Consultative Committee
people
of
Government
in
to
consult
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