9.
The most complex area of air services to be
tackled, both now and with a view to preserving Hong Kong's
autonomy beyond 1997, is the UK/Hong Kong/PRC
relationship. It is not possible for Hong Kong's air
before 1997
services relationship with the UK /to be governed by a straightforward "separated" ASA since a treaty cannot be concluded between two parts of the same state.
air services relationship between HK and considerations will apply to the /PRC after 1997.
the rest of the
Similar
amit.
10.
Negotiations on the bilateral relationship between
the UK and Hong Kong concluded with agreement in February 1989 on a new package providing enhanced opportunities
[based on parity of frequencies] for both UK and Hong Kong
airlines. UK/PRC negotiations on, inter alia, revised Hong Kong/PRC air services arrangements are currently in
progress, with a further round of talks having begun on
10 April 1989.
11.
As far as Hong Kong is concerned, scheduled services between Hong Kong and China are currently regulated by a Confidential Memorandum of Understanding on regional routes associated with the 1979 UK/PRC ASA.
has been supplemented by seasonal inter-airline agreements concerning services between Hong Kong and Peking and Shanghai, and by inter-governmental arrangements on services to Peking concluded in November 1985.