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6. QUESTION:

Any questions about the expiry of the New Territories

lease in 1997.

ANSWER:

This is a very long way ahead. A great deal will

have happened in the area between now and 1997. It is

simply not possible for anyone to forecast what the

circumstances will be at such a distance in the future.

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