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There is a suggestion the
Central
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that both the HKSAR Government and Goveprimetry I.
houl responsible for handling matters concerning visas. routine matters cen either be dealt with by permanent representatives of both the Central and the HKSAR or handled by the HKSAR Government and the various provinces/ regions in accordance with the rules and regulations laid down by the State Council.
Some members maintained that AS the relationship between the HKSAR and the various provinces/regions in this respect involved the Central Government. it is beyond the scope of the relationship between the HKSAR and the various provinces/regions, and should be within the scope of the relationship between the Central Government and the HKSAR.
4) A
and
member took the present relationship between Hong Kong the various provinces/regions as an example to illustrate the third point of concensus and stated that the economic organisations proviously established in Hong Kong e.g. The Guangdong enterprises (Holdings)
Co Ltd, Fujian Enterprises (Holdings) Co Ltd; and Shanghai Industrial Investment Co Ltd will be continued. economic organisations of other parts of China to be established in the HKSAR will be required
be incorporated
to
New
under the Companies Ordinance of Hong Kong. According to
the laws of Hong Kong, they are treated equally as any other companies in Hong Kong and should not be entitled to any special privileges. Thus, no special arrangements will be necessary after 1997.
Conclusion
This
economic,
cultural,
and
Hong
time.
report introduces the immigration aspects of the relationship between the Kong and the various provinces/regions; at the same relevant provisions under the Joint Declaration have been listed. In addition, members of this group have reached three points of concensus regarding the principles for dealing with the relationship between the SAR and the various provinces/regions: (1) the Basic Law shall be valid throughout the country: (2) entry/exit of mainland people into/from the HKSAR shall be dealt with according to the present
(3) the mainland HKSAR and other provinces/regions are on equal footing in their relations. Other issues arising from the relationship between the HKSAR and other provinces/regions such as those on judiciary, double taxation. etc, shell be reported by other working groups or special groups.
practice;
I f there is
any discrepancy between the Chinese and the English versions, the Chinese version shall prevail.