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Confidential covering Secret
Joint Declaration on the Future of
Hong Kong
POST RATIFICATION CHECK LIST
FOURTH EDITION: DECEMBER 1985
The attached Check List has been compiled by General Duties Branch as a guide to the action to be taken following the ratification of the Joint Declaration. It is based on points identified in the course of the negotiations and subsequently. The list includes reference to items which will require attention in order to implement the Joint Declaration and to prepare generally for the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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The list will be amended as new points emerge and action on other points is completed.
Layout
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The Check List has been arranged in the form of the Annexes to the Joint Declaration with the addition of a General Section. Items have been subdivided between those requiring
early action i.e. action to be completed by end of 1986;
(a)
(b)
action in the medium term i.e. action completed by end of 1990;
action to be
(c)
action in the long
the long term i.e. action to be completed by 30 June 1997.
In some subjects action will span (a) to (b) and/or (c)
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Subjects which might involve the Joint Liaison Group or requires separate clearance with the Chinese have been indicated with an asterisk*.
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