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2.2
2
The
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall maintain Hong Kong's previous system of shipping management and shipping regulation, including the system for regulating conditions of seamen. specific functions and responsibilities of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in the field of shipping shall be defined by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government on its Private shipping businesses and shipping-related businesses and private container terminals in Hong Kong may continue to operate freely.
own.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be authorised by the Central People's Government to continue to maintain a shipping register and issue related certificates under its Own legislation in the name of 'Hong Kong, China'.
Given the above terms, it is
it is desirable to initiate action to establish a separate and autonomous Hong Kong shipping register well before 1997 in order to give confidence to the shipping industry and to ensure a smooth transition in 1997.
2.3
As regards the matter of the flag, to which reference is made in Chapter 6, Section I of Annex I to the Joint Declaration provides, inter alia, as follows
2.4
"Apart from displaying
the national
flag and national emblem of the People's Republic of China, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region may use a regional flag and emblem of its own".
Section ΧΙ of Annex I to the Joint Declaration provides, inter alia, as follows
"Subject to the principle that foreign affairs are the responsibility of
People's
the
Central
may
Government, representatives of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government participate, as members of delegations of the Government of the People's Republic of China, in negotiations at the diplomatic level directly affecting the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region conducted by the Central People's Government. The Hong