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Sentenced Persons. We expect the application of the
Convention to Hong Kong to come into force in February
1988. The other countries that are party to the
Convention are Austria, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark,
Finland, France, Spain, Sweden and the United States.
The application of the Convention to Hong Kong will
enable sentenced persons to be transferred between Hong
Kong and these countries.
in the process of
The United Kingdom is negotiating a bilateral
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agreement with Thailand. We have agreed with the
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British Government that it should apply to Hong Kong. I am afraid we cannot
We cannot say yet when it will become effective.