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FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1988

THE

COURT OF FINAL APPEAL: THE JOINT DECLARATION PROVIDES THAT

COURT POWER OF FINAL JUDGMENT OF THE HONG KONG SAR SHALL BE VESTED IN

IS USEFUL FOR A OF FINAL APPEAL IN THE HONG KONG SAR. OBVIOUSLY IT SMOOTH TRANSITION IF SUCH A COURT COULD BE ESTABLISHED IN HONG

PROPOSALS. DISCUSSIONS HAVE PUT BEFORE 1997. WE

FORWARD CARRIED FURTHER BETWEEN EXPERTS.

KONG

WILL

BK

LAST IN THE SERIES OF

WE

ISSUED

SEAMEN'S TRAVEL DOCUMENTS: THIS, THE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS USED BY HONG KONG PEOPLE WHICH THE JLG HAS DISCUSSED. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF THEM, USED BY AROUND 20,000 SEAMEN IN ALL. COULD NOT GET ON TO THIS UNTIL NOW BECAUSE THESE DOCUMENTS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH

ORGANISATION) AN ILO (INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTION. YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT AT THE LAST JLG MEETING WE WITH THE CHINESE SIDE ON CONTINUED APPLICATION OF ILO HONG KONG.

AGREED CONVENTIONS TO

LOT OF LEGISLATION CANNOT CONTINUE AFTER ON THIS 13 DISCUSSION

LOCALISATION OF LAWS: YOU ALL KNOW THAT A IN HONG KONG NOW IS BRITISH LEGISLATION. THIS

HAVE ΤΟ 1997 AND WILL

BE REPLACED. PROCEEDING STEADILY. IT IS A BIG TASK.

OUR

DEFENCE AND

PUBLIC

ORDER:

ANOTHER

WITH

IN HONG

THE

CONSTRUCTIVE

DISCUSSION.

CONTACTS WILL CONTINUE AT WORKING LEVEL. FURTHER EXPERT EXCHANGES EXPECTED TO TAKĖ PLACE SHORTLY

KONG. IN

CHINESE

SITUATION OFFICIALS ACQUAINT OPPORTUNITY WILL BE TAKEN TO SHOW THEM RELEVANT SITES WHILE THEY ARE HERE.

ARE ORDER TO BETTER

HONG KONG, AND FACILITIES

IN

ENVISAGES JULY 1 THIS

DATE.

JLG AFTER JULY 1: AS YOU KNOW, THE JOINT DECLARATION THE JLG WILL HAVE ITS PRINCIPAL BASE IN HONG KONG AFTER YEAR. THIS MEANS THAT BOTH SIDES WILL OPEN OFFICES HERE BY THAT

WOULD MEAN IN PRACTICE WE HAD A GENERAL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THIS

WE REACHED A AND HOW WE WOULD WORK TOGETHER. AS THE COMMUNIQUE SAYS, COMMON VIEW.

THE JOINT DECLARATION OF COURSE MAKES IT VERY JLG WILL AND WILL NOT DO. IT IS A BODY FOR LIAISON AND THAT.

PATTERNS OF WORK WILL OF COURSE BE

FREQUENT

CLEAR WHAT THE NO MORE THAN

AFFECTED ΤΟ SOME EXTENT. CONTACTS BETWEEN SENIOR

ONCE ESTABLISHED. ROUGHLY THE ALL THREE PLACES:

THERE WILL BE RATHER MORE REPRESENTATIVES AND OF COURSE BETWEEN TWO OFFICES, BUT FOR THE TIME BRING PLENARY MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE AT PRESENT FREQUENCY. MEETINGS WILL STILL BE HELD IN LONDON, PEKING AND HONG KONG.

SESSION WON'T BE THAT I WILL BE ON ZAISHUO KE

YOU WILL HAVE NOTICED THAT THE NEXT PLENARY HELD UNTIL SEPTEMBER BUT YOU WILL ALSO HAVE NOTICED

MEETING WITH A

AMBASSADOR COMING TO HONG KONG FOR JULY 1. SO THERE WILL BE NO SLACKENING IN THE PACE OF OUR

HONG

WORK.

PRESENT THE

COOPERATION

ONE OTHER IMPORTANT POINT I WISH TO EMPHASISE. AT BRITISH SIDE'S POSITIONS ARE PREPARED IN CLOSEST POSSIBLE WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND INDEED, A GREAT BULK OF THE WORK IS

KONG GOVERNMENT, THE DONE BY OFFICIALS EXPERTISE. NOTHING ABOUT THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS WILL

CLOSELY NEW BRITISH OFFICE WILL WORK VERY DUTIES BRANCH IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

FROM

1NDEED

WHO HAVE THE CHANGE THAT. THE WITH THE GENERAL

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