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ANNEXURE II
Conditions which it is suggested should be attached to the surrender of the lease
of the New Territories.
1. The re-drawing of the frontier between the ceded territorios and the leased territories so as to include within the ceded territory the whole of the built-up area of Kowloon and certain islands which
In at present fall within the leased territory. other words, the Colony of Hong Kong would then consist of the Island of Hong Kong plus Kowloon and the area described in Section 39(b) of the Hong Kong Interpretation Ordinance as "New Kowloon", together with certain of the New Territories islands.
2. Joint management of that part of the water supply system which would run beyond the Colony's new boundary.
It may also be desirable (a) in connexion with 2 abovo, to stipulate that there should be a joint control as well as joint management and there should also be an understanding about the grant of facilities to the Hong Kong Government for constructing any further installations in the New Territories (e.g. u now airfield) which might be regarded as necessary or desirable in the interests of the Colony: (b) to add the furtner condition that the Chinese Government will recognise the existing rights of the individuals who have settled in the New Territories, unless, of course, this would be a normal condition and need not be specifically stated.7
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