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1997 in accordance with the Joint Declaration.
To achieve
this result it will be necessary for the CPG in some way to
to all present Contracting
indicate
Parties, and all
Governments which may become parties before 1 July 1997,
international rights and obligations arising from
that all
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
ensure, SO far as possible, that those
to
necessary
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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