Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong before 1997,
it is
expected that this
question will soon come
to
AJ
a
satisfactory solution after Prime Minister John Major's
recent visit to China.
future
from
Since Hong Kong is a city which has capital
countries all over the world, it is imperative for the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
to keep
its close economic ties with all countries and regions in
the world in order to maintain and develop its sound
environment for investment. The Basic Law has provided
Hong Kong with broad prospects: The Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region may on its own maintain and develop
conclude and implement agreements with
and regions and relevant international
organizations in the fields of economy, trade, finance,
communications, tourism, culture and sports.
relations and
foreign states
shipping,
International
agreements to which the People's Republic
of China is not a party but which are implemented in Hong
Kong may continue to be implemented in the Region after
1997. In this regard, the Sino-British Joint Liaison
Group has done a great deal of work in the past few years
and needs to continue its efforts in this direction
the future.
in
I would like to take this opportunity to mention in
particular the question of the new
airport in Hong
Kong. In March this year, I said in my speech at the
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