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(c)
non-governmental
Commonwealth
links
with
(i.e.
those
individuals/non-governmental
and the
the
between
organisations
Commonwealth) should be allowed to
continue without intervention from the
Government unless there is any particular political sensitivity involved (Annex D); and
(d) legal assistance schemes between Hong Kong
and Commonwealth jurisdictions, as well as
statutory references to the Commonwealth in
the laws of Hong Kong,
should be handled
some of the legal
separately.
A note on
assistance schemes with the Commonwealth is
at Annex E.
Statutory references to the
Commonwealth will be dealt with under the
Adaptation of Laws exercise.
privileged treatment
for
In general,
Commonwealth
countries or citizens will be removed unless
there are
treatment.
valid reasons for retaining such
The actual amendments will be
7.
If
considered on a case by case basis.
the above is accepted, any links with the
Commonwealth remaining after 1997 would be -
(a) informal
links
which do not entail
commitments for the Hong Kong Government
towards the Commonwealth; and
(b)
links
with
individual
Commonwealth
countries/organisations,
which
should be
distinguished
from
links
with
the
Commonwealth as an organisation and should be
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