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5. ''AS HONG KONG HAS FOR SOME YEARS BEEN PLAYING AN AUTONOMOUS ROLE IN THE CCC FROM WITHIN THE BRITISH DELEGATION, THERE WILL BE LITTLE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN HONG KONG'S ROLE AFTER BECOMING A SEPARATE MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL. ONE CHANGES THAT THE HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES WILL NOW SPEAK AS A SEPARATE MEMBER RATHER THAN AS THE UNITED KINGDOM SPEAKING FOR HONG KONG'', SAND MR. MACLEOD.
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THE DECLARATHONS BY THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS MADE CLEAR THAT THE UK WALL CONTINUE TO HAVE INTERNATIONAL RESPONS:LB:LLHTY FOR HONG KONG UNT:ML 1 JULY 1997, AND THAT WITH EFFECT FROM THAT DATE, THE PRC WILL HAVE INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HONG KONG SAR.
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TEXTS OF THE BRITISH AND CHINESE DECLARAT LONS ARE ATTACHED.
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