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PAGE ONE, FIFTH TIRET. FIRST INDENT. REPLACE BY: ''HONG KONG, WHICH BECAME SEPARATE CONTRACTING PARTY TO GATT IN 1986, SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE SEPARATE CONTRACTING PARTY BEYOND 1997''.
PAGE ONE, FIFTH TIRET, SECOND INDENT. REPLACE BY: ''HONG KONG SHOULD CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES OF ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT, WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION AND MANY OTHER IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS.''
PAGE ONE, FIFTH TIRET, FOURTH INDENT. REPLACE BY: HONG KONG SHOULD BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS ITS OWN AGREEMENTS FOR SURRENDER OF FUGITIVE OFFENDERS BEFORE AND AFTER 1997.
PAGE TWO. ADD NEW (THIRD) TIRET AS FOLLOWS: 'SINO-BRITISH LAND COMMISSION IS ANOTHER FORUM ESTABLISHED UNDER JOINT DECLARATION TO CONDUCT CONSULTATIONS ON LAND LEASES AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS. SOLID PROGRESS MADE.
NEW LEASES NOW GRANTED TO 2047. LEASES IN NEW TERRITORIES (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED TO 30 JUNE 1997) NOW EXTENDED TO 2047. SINCE 1985, LAND COMMISSION HAS AGREED TO ANNUAL LAND DISPOSAL PROGRAMMES SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE 50-HECTARE LIMIT''.
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PAGE ONE, FIRST TIRET. ADD ''UNDER ARTICLE 31 OF ITS OWN CONSITUTION'' BETWEEN ''HONG KONG'' AND ''METICULOUS''
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PAGE ONE, SECOND TIRET. REPLACE LAST SENTENCE BY S 3 ACCOUNT FOR NEARLY 50 PER CENT OF DRAFTING COMMITTEE'S MEMBERSHIP 1 I ADD NEW SENTENCE 'CONSULTATION PROCESS WELL COVERED IN HONG KONG PRESS''
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BETWEEN 'EXTENSIVE' AND ''DISCUSSIONS' AND REPLACE ''ON' BY THROUGH'' IN SECOND SENTENCE. AMEND LAST SENTENCE TO READ
PEOPLE AND THAT DRAFT FULLY AND FAITHFULLY REFLECTS TERMS OF JOINT DECLARATION''.
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PAGE ONE, FIFTH TIRET. AMEND LAST SENTENCE TO READ: ! ! AND SUBJECT TO CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC DEBATE IN HONG KONG AND ELSEWHERE.
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