ot things Hong Kong's membership of the GATT, as a
separate contracting party, and a long list of other
information organisations;
transitional arrangements for
the different types of travel and identify documents used
by Hong Kong people; the separation of Hong Kong's air
services agreements from those of the UK; the expansion
of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force to take over all
internal security duties; and a wide variety of legal
matters, including the localisation of UK legislation
applied directly in Hong Kong. These agreements are the
fruit of detailed and complex discussions. Taken
together, they represent an impressive achievement,
reflecting the determination of the two Governments to
implement the provisions of the Joint Declaration fully
and effectively.
But there is still much to be done.
24. A second body set up under the Joint Declaration is
the Sino-British Land Commission, whose terms of
reference are specified in Annex III, which deals with
land leases. These terms of reference include monitoring
observance of the 50 hectare limit on new land to be
granted annually, and the equal division of premium
income from land transactions between the Hong Kong
Government and the future SAR Government matters
specified in detail elsewhere in the annex. To date, the
Land Commission has held
meetings. It has reached
agreement on a total land dispersal programme of
hectares and almost HK $10 billion has been credited to
the account of the future SAR Government.