CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 457
OF 230722Z MARCH 93
CONFIDENTIAL
HICC CA0/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
5 APR 1993
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
BOUNDARIES
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SEE MIPT.
No coli
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103666
MDHIAN 4471
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARY OF HONG KONG
AFTER DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE'S PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF GUANGDONG, THE TWO GOVERNMENTS, BEARING IN MIND
THE NEED FOR THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES TO BE CLEARLY DELINEATED: AND
THE NEED TO ENHANCE FURTHER THE PRACTICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES OF HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG RESPECTIVELY, INCLUDING THEIR POLICE AND CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES:
HAVE REACHED THE FOLLOWING UNDERSTANDING
WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE POSITIONS OF THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS ON MATTERS OF SOVEREIGNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE QUALIFICATION THAT THE LAND BOUNDARY IN THE NORTHWEST OF HONG KONG WILL BE THE PRINCIPAL CHANNEL OF THE SHENZHEN RIVER, THE MAP ANNEXED TO THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING DELINEATES THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARY OF HONG KONG.
THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WILL COME INTO OPERATION ON
SIGNED IN DUPLICATE AT
ON
IN THE ENGLISH AND CHINESE LANGUAGES, BOTH TEXTS HAVING EQUAL VALIDITY.
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF
HONG KONG
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE PEOPLE'S PROVINCIAL
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