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TO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON
TELNO 1622
OF 27190OZ SEPTEMBER 91
INFO IMMEDIATE PORT MORESBY
INFO PRIORITY EC POSTS, TOKYO, CANBERRA, OTTAWA, WELLINGTON INFO PRIORITY NEW DELHI, ISLAMABAD, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK
INFO PRIORITY JAKARTA, MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR, SEOUL
INFO PRIORITY BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
PORT MORESBY FOR LORD CAITHNESS VISITING
MIPT: TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP: PRESS COMMINIQUE
THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP HELD ITS TWENTIETH MEETING IN LONDON FROM 24 TO 26 SEPTEMBER 1991.
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2. THE GROUP CONFIRMED THE AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE REACHED BY THEIR EXPERTS ON THE EARLY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL IN HONG KONG, INCLUDING THE AGREEMENT ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE COURT. THE TWO SIDES AGREED THAT THE DRAFTING AND AMENDMENT OF LEGISLATION AND OTHER PREPARATORY WORK COULD NOW PROCEED.
THE GROUP CONFIRMED THE AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE REACHED AT THEIR LAST MEETING ON A DRAFT MODEL INVESTMENT PROMOTION AND PROTECTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN HONG KONG AND RELEVANT COUNTRIES.
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THE TWO SIDES HAD A FURTHER EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF LANDS WHICH ARE NOW IN USE FOR MILITARY PURPOSES IN HONG KONG AND MADE PROGRESS IN NARROWING THEIR DIFFERENCES. THE TWO SIDES AGREED THAT EXPERTS WOULD MEET AGAIN SOON TO CONTINUE THIS WORK.
5. THE GROUP HAD A FURTHER DISCUSSION OF MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND OTHER COUNTRIES AND AGREED THAT EXPERTS SHOULD FIRST DISCUSS A DRAFT MODEL TEXT AND RELATED QUESTIONS.
6. THE GROUP REACHED AGREEMENT ON THE LOCALISATION OF THE SHIPOWNERS LIABILITY ACT.
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