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TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1985

INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION TO BE EXCHANGED

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THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE IN LONDON AND BEIJING AT 5 PM, HONG KONG TIME, TODAY (TUESDAY) :

+IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG, SIGNED BY PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER AND PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG IN BEIJING ON

19 DECEMBER 1984 THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS HAVE DECIDED THAT INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION WILL BE EXCHANGED IN BEIJING ON 27 MAY 1985.+

COMPOSITION OF JOINT LIAISON GROUP

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THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE IN LONDON AT 5 PM, HONG KONG TIME, TODAY (TUESDAY):

+ANNEX | OF THE JOINT DECLARATION STATES THAT EACH SIDE SHALL DESIGNATE A SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE, WHO SHALL BE OF AMBASSADOR I AL RANK, AND FOUR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP TO BE ESTABLISHED UPON THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE JOINT DECLARATION. THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY HAS NOW DECIDED TO DESIGNATE THE FOLLOWING AS BRITISH MEMBERS OF THE GROUP TO BE SHORTLY ESTABLISHED -

SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE:

MEMBERS

DR D.C. WILSON, CMG

MR E.P. HO, CBE

MR J.D.I. BOYD, CMG

MR A.C. GALSWORTHY, CMG

MR P.A.B. THOMSON+

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