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SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1987
HONG KONG AND THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL (CCC)
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THE IN OTTAWA, AT ITS MEETING ON JUNE 25, 1987 HELD COOPERATION COUNCIL (CCC) APPROVED THE ADMISSION OF MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL UNDER ESTABLISHING THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL.
CUSTOMS
HONG KONG AS A ARTICLE II(A)(II) OF THE CONVENTION
KINGDOM TO THE THIS FOLLOWS A DECLARATION MADE BY THE UNITED
19 SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CCC THAT HONG KONG
A SEPARATE CUSTOMS COMMERCIAL TERRITORY AND IS AUTONOMOUS IN THE CONDUCT OF ITS EXTERNAL RELATIONS, AND THAT THE UK, AS THE CONTRACTING PARTY TO THE
FORMAL CONDUCT CONVENTION WHICH HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
OF HONG RELATIONS, PROPOSES KONG'S DIPLOMATIC
THAT IN ACCORDANCE ARTICLE II(A)(II) OF THE CONVENTION AND WITH THE WISHES OF HONG HONG KONG BE ADMITTED TO THE COUNCIL AS A SEPARATE MEMBER.
WITH
KONG,
ALSO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PRC
MADE A PARALLEL DECLARATION AFTER ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
THE HONG KONG JULY 1, 1997. THIS MAKES CLEAR THAT AFTER THAT DATE, SAR WILL MEET
TO HAVE TERRITORY WITH SEPARATE
ARTICLE
A CUSTOMS
ACCORDANCE
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
IN MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL
THE CONVENTION ESTABLISHING THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION II(A) (II) OF
A SEPARATE MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, AND IF HONG KONG IS ADMITTED AS
NAME "HONG KONG, CHINA" COUNCIL, THE HONG KONG SAR MAY, USING THE
1997. CONTINUE SUCH MEMBERSHIP WITH EFFECT FROM JULY 1,
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AND KONG'S "THIS IS ANOTHER USEFUL STEP IN ENSURING HONG
AND PROSPERITY, SAID MR FUTURE SAR'S CONTINUING STABILITY MACLEOD, SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
"SEPARATE MEMBERSHIP OF
THE CUSTOMS
THE HAMISH
A
COOPERATION COUNCIL IS FREE PORT, A ECONOMY HAVING RELATIONS, HE
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AND A MAJOR TRADING ITS EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL
CONSISTENT WITH HONG KONG'S STATUS AND ITS NEEDS AS SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY, AUTONOMY IN THE CONDUCT OF ADDED.
BEEN
PLAYING
AFTER
AN THERE BRITISH DELEGATION,
ROLE KONG'S
AUTONOMOUS WILL BB BECOMING A CHANGE IS THAT THE HONG KONG MEMBER RATHER THAN AS
"AS HONG KONG HAS FOR SOME YEARS ROLE IN THE CCC FROM WITHIN THE
HONG CHANGE IN LITTLE SUBSTANTIAL SEPARATE MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL. ONE REPRESENTATIVES WILL NOW SPEAK AS A SEPARATE THE 'UNITED KINGDOM SPEAKING FOR HONG KONG',
T SAID MR MACLEOD.
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