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4.
The Group is building up a body of solid achievement
number of important areas.
After initial
in a
uncertainty over
its
establishment, reaction in Hong Kong to the Group's achievements has
The next meeting of the JLG will be
been generally positive.
Peking from 25-28 November.
5.
in
A Sino-British Land Commission has also been established
under the Joint Declaration, to discuss future arrangements for the
sale of land leases and other
It has already met on several
matters of land administration.
Occasions in Hong Kong. It has
concentrated on technical matters and on the form of land leases,
and its achievements thus far have been welcomed in Hong Kong.
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