(ii)

2

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apply to the enforcement of arbitration awards as

between the HKSAR and the remainder of China after

30 June 1997. Provisions very similar in nature

therefore need to be put in place for the period

following 30 June 1997.

Service of Documents

The existing 1965 Hague Convention system for the

service of judicial and extra-judicial documents

presently exists between Hong Kong and the

as it

PRC should be preserved after 30 June 1997.

(iii) Taking of Evidence

The British side

wishes to propose that the 1970

Hague Convention would be a sound basis on which

to continue cooperation as between the courts of

the HKSAR and those of the rest of the PRC after

1997.

Alternatively,

embodying Hague-style

concluded.

informal

arrangements

provisions

could be

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