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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1991

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THE

IN

ON THE CO-ORDINATION OF MEASURES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

ΤΟ PEKING JOINT DECLARATION, MR SZE SAID THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT

CO-OPERATION IMPROVING EARLIER THIS YEAR HAD BEEN CONDUCIVE TO IMPLEMENTING THE JOINT DECLARATION.

"WE

HAVE

HAD FOUR MEETINGS OF THE JOINT LIAISON

GROUP

{JLG)

THIS YEAR.

YEAR.

BESIDES,

TO DEAL

AS

JLG

WITH

"IN THE PAST THE GROUP MET THREE TIMES A AGREED UNDER THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON THE AIRPORT, THE HAS

THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE SET UP ONE MORE SUB-GROUP MATTERS RELATING TO THE NEW AIRPORT," HE SAID.

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HE NOTED THE IMMENSE VOLUME OF WORK REMAINING TO BE DONE DURING THE RUN-UP TO 1997 AND SAID THAT FURTHER EFFORTS WOULD NEED TO BE MADE BY BOTH SIDES TO SPEED UP PROGRESS OF WORK IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.

ΤΟ TURNING

HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN ORGANISATIONS AFTER 1997, MR SZE NOTED THAT THE JLG HAD AGREEMENT ON HONG KONG'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN 26 ORGANISATIONS.

THIS

ON

INTERNATIONAL SO FAR REACHED INTERNATIONAL

RIGHTS AND

YEAR, THE JLG SUB-GROUP

INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS HAD MOVED ON TO DISCUSS THE CONTINUED APPLICATIONS 1997 OF MULTILATERAL TREATIES CURRENTLY APPLIED TO HONG KONG. SO FAR REACHED AGREEMENT ON THE CONTINUED APPLICATION OF TREATIES, FIVE CONSERVATION TREATIES AND TWO HEALTH TREATIES.

HAD

10 CUSTOMS

AT THE MR SZE ALSO NOTED THAT BASED ON THE AGREEMENT REACHED

WITH A NUMBER OF JLG, HONG

WAS NOW CONDUCTING NEGOTIATIONS KONG COUNTRIES ON THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SURRENDER OF FUGITIVE OFFENDERS.

HE SAID GOOD PROGRESS HAD ALSO BEEN MADE IN THE WORK LAND COMMISSION THIS YEAR.

OF THE

"ΤΟ IMPLEMENT THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT AND OTHER MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS, WE NEED TO DISCUSS AND REACH AGREEMENT WITH THE CHINESE SIDE OF THE LAND COMMISSION ON THE PROVISION OF FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS, HE SAID.

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THE NEW AIRPORT ALONE WOULD REQUIRE ABOUT 1,240 LAND, HE SAID.

LAND

HECTARES OF

GOVERNMENT

A PACKAGE OF

ON THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL (CFA), MR SZE SAID THE WAS NOW PREPARING DRAFT LEGISLATION AND CONSIDERING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SETTING UP THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL.

AND THE

"WE WILL DISCUSS THESE WITH THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LEGAL PROFESSION IN DUE COURSE," HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S AIM WAS TO ESTABLISH THE CFA BY 1993.

SAID THE WAS ON THE

ON THE CONTACTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA, MR SZE NUMBER OF

VISITS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA OFFICIAL

INCREASE.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, 144 HONG KONG DELEGATIONS HAD VISITED AND 87 CHINESE GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS HAD VISITED HONG INCLUDED VARIOUS

GENERAL

FAMILIARISATION

VISITS AND

CHINA,

KONG. THESE LEGAL STUDY

VISITS.

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