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1.
Article 128 of the Basic Law adopted by the
National People's Congress on 4th April 1990, which
reflects the Sino-British Joint Declaration,
accurately
states:
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The Government of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region shall provide conditions and
measures for the maintenance of the status of
international and
take
Hong Kong as a centre of
regional aviation."
2.
In order to
achieve the
smooth
transition
necessary to maintain this status in 1997, the British
Government, in close consultation with the Hong Kong
Government, and with the full support of the Chinese
Government, have been separating U.K. Air Services
Agreements to produce two agreements, one covering the
U.K., and the other covering Hong Kong. Also, to meet the
dynamics of an expanding network of services, new Hong Kong Air Services Agreements have been and will need to continue to be negotiated, a fact which is clearly recognised in the
provisions of Article 133(2) of the Basic Law for this process to continue after 1997.
3.
Five Hong Kong Air Services Agreements have now been signed, with The Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada,
Brunei and France. Five initialled texts (for ASAS with
New Zealand, Brazil, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and India) have been passed to the Chinese side in accordance with the
procedures agreed in the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group. Federal Republic of Germany have
Negotiations with the
recently been completed
and a text will shortly be passed