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The Chief Executive
(Designate) assumes responsibilities. in
regard to security forces other than the garrison.
1997
The Chief Executive (Designate) has by now for some two years
been exercising the powers which he will exercise on 1 July 1997 as
Chief Executive.
On 1 July the Governor's powers and HMG's powers in regard to foreign affairs and defence pass to Peking.
Arrangements will have been made for members of the Public Service and Judiciary to become servants of the SAR Government in
place of the Hong Kong Government. The Principal Judges
and
Principal Officials should have been confirmed in office by People's Republic of China in advance of that date.
the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
October
1986
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