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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1994

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ACHIEVEMENTS MADE AFTER THE JOINT DECLARATION

BRITISH OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL

THROUGH SUSTAINED EFFORTS AND CO-OPERATION BY BOTH THE AND CHINESE SIDES, MUCH HAD BEEN DONE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION

THE SINCE

SECRETARY FOR JOINT DECLARATION AFFAIRS, MR NICHOLAS NG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

1984,

TO

MOAN

ABOUT OUR "AT THIS TIME

IT IS FASHIONABLE WHEN DISAGREEMENTS WITH THE FUTURE SOVEREIGN POWER, IT IS SOMETIMES EASY TO AND OUT SENSIBLY THINGS FORGET WHERE WE

MANAGED TO WORK HAVE SUCCESSFULLY IN THE PAST, MR NG SAID DURING A MOTION DEBATE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

THE ACHIEVEMENTS MR NG QUOTED ARE:

HONG

ON THE

THE GENERAL

KONG HAS BECOME A FULL-FLEDGED MEMBER OF AGREEMENT OF TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT) AND HOPEFULLY A MEMBER OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION;

THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUT INTO EFFECT TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS BY HONG FOR VIRTUALLY ALL EXISTING TRAVEL DOCUMENTS USED KONG PEOPLE;

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HONG KONG HAS ITS OWN SHIPPING REGISTER; AND

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THE LAND COMMISSION HAS RECORDED AGREEMENT EVERY YEAR ON A LAND DISPOSAL PROGRAMME WHICH EXCEEDED THE 50-HECTARE LIMIT.

SUSTAINED IN " MR NG

"I HOPE THAT THE SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION CAN BE FUTURE YEARS,

DESPITE OUR DISAGREEMENT OVER CERTAIN ISSUES, SAID.

BEEN

MR NG SAID HE WAS NOT UNAWARE OF THE CRITICISMS THAT HAD

GOVERNMENTS IN THIS LEVELLED AGAINST BOTH THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GREAT ENDEAVOUR TO IMPLEMENT THE JOINT DECLARATION.

IN RESPONSE TO CRITICISMS ABOUT THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS AN ELECTED LEGISLATURE, MR NG SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD STRUCK A BALANCE IN SATISFYING THE DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY WHILE SETTING UP A OF GOVERNMENT THAT WAS CAPABLE OF TRANSCENDING 1997.

ON THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL, MR NG SAID IT WAS MOST TO HAVE A SYSTEM SET UP AND RUNNING BY JULY 1, 1997.

SYSTEM

IMPORTANT

THE

MR NG SAID THE ADMINISTRATION REJECTED AS "PLAINLY UNTRUE"

BY THE IMPLICATION THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAD FAILED TO ABIDE

LAUDABLE OBJECTIVES OF JOINT DECLARATION, OR FAILED TO PURSUE THE

PEOPLE RULING FULFILLING "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS" AND "HONG KONG HONG KONG WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY".

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