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CHINA HAS NEVER WAIVED HER JURISDICTION OVER KOWLOON– (U.P. FROM SHANGHAI 14.80) NANKING: HO FENG SHAN, DIRECTOR OF THE INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS STATES THAT "CHINA HAS NEVER WAIVED JURISDICTION OVER KOWLOON CITY". THIS STATEMENT FOLLOWED ANOTHER BY A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN DENYING. THAT THE KOWLOON CITY AREA WAS CHINESE TERRITORY OR THAT CHINA HAD ANY JURISDICTION OVER THAT AREA. ASKED WHETHER IT WAS TRUE THAT "IN 1899 CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY OF THAT AREA DID RUN COUNTER TO BRITISH MILITARY REQUIREMENTS AND SUCH SOVEREIGNTY THEREFORE WAS DECLARED NULL AND VOID" HE REPLIED THAT THE PEKING TREATY OF 1899 EXPRESSLY 'PROVIDED THAT WITHIN THE CITY OF KOWLOON CHINESE OFFICIALS STATIONED THERE SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION EXCEPT INSOFAR AS MIGHT BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE MILITARY REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEFENCE OF HONG KONG. FROM
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