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should continue to apply to the Hong Kong SAR after 30 June
accordance with the Joint Declaration.
1997 in
To achieve
this result, it will be necessary for the CPG in some way
to indicate to all present Contracting Parties, and all
Governments which may become parties before 1 July 1997,
international rights and obligations arising
that all the
from the Convention, to the extent to which they apply to
Hong Kong, will be assumed by the CPG with effect from 1
July 1997 and apply to the HKSAR of the PRC. It will
further be necessary to ensure, so far as possible, that
those Contracting Parties either agree or at least
acquiesce. In the opinion of the British side, the best
method for securing this objective would be as described in
para. 7 of the paper handed to the Chinese side on 15 March
1989.
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