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The aim of the Hong Kong Government's border policy is to maintain in all essentials its authority along its land border and sea boundaries, and in the associated airspace, and to maintain the existing cordial and cooperative relations with the Chinese authorities.
8.
The Agreement between the United Kingdom and China on Hong Kong's future does not alter this aim. The preservation of the integrity of the frontier will be as important after 1997, when Hong Kong becomes a Special Administrative Region, as it is now although there may be changes on points of detail.
Likely Problems
9.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(a)
The assessment of likely problems is that :
whilst aggressive or intimidatory action by the Chinese People's Government is extremely unlikely, such behaviour from local officials can, and does, occur;
there remains a possibility of isolated incidents, which could result in limited physical confrontation;
illegal
immigrants will continue to attempt to enter Hong Kong by sea, by land and across the bays; their numbers may rise if the security forces on either side of the border are seen to relax their vigilance; and
immigrants,
a mass influx of illegal resulting from a calamity in China or from the spread of false rumours of a change in policy by the Hong Kong Government
entirely
discounted.
cannot
be
Kong Committees involved with border policy and
Hong practice
10.
The Regional Security Control Committee/New Territories (RSCC NT) is responsible to the Security Control Committee (SCC) for the local planning, co-ordination, control and implementation of internal security and other emergency measures within the New Territories Police Region. RSCC NT ensures the of policy
timely and comprehensive implementation directives issued or relayed by SCC.
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