TNAG-1332-FCO40-1762-Future-of-Hong-Kong-White-Paper-on-the-Joint-Declaration-1984 — Page 279

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1689 OF 24 AUGUST

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DRAFT WHITE PAPER

1. FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF DRAFT WHITE PAPER:

A DRAFT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE PRC ON THE

FUTURE OF HONG KONG

PART ONE

INTRODUCTION (UNDERLINED)

1. ON .. SEPTEMBER 1984 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA INITIALLED THE DRAFT TEXT OF AN AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG. THE AGREEMENT, CONTAINED IN PART TWO OF THIS WHITE PAPER, CONSISTS OF A JOINT DECLARATION, TOGETHER WITH THREE ANNEXES. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE THE OUTCOME OF TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS, UNDERTAKEN WITH THE COMMON AIM OF MAINTAINING THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG.

2. THE PURPOSE OF THIS WHITE PAPER IS TO PRESENT THESE DOCUMENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HISTORY OF HONG KONG AND OF THE LAST TWO THE ENTIRE YEARS' NEGOTIATIONS AND TO EXPLAIN THEIR CONTENTS.

TEXT OF THIS WHITE PAPER IS BEING REPRODUCED IN HONG KONG AS A WHITE PAPER ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, AND THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ARE BEING INVITED TO COMMENT ON THE OVERALL ACCEPTABILITY OF THE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH IT DESCRIBES. THE MATTER WILL BE DEBATED IN PARLIAMENT. TREATIES (UNDERLINED)

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3. BRITAIN ACQUIRED THE CROWN COLONY OF HONG KONG THROUGH THREE TREATIES WITH CHINA CONCLUDED DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. HONG KONG ISLAND WAS CEDED IN PERPETUITY BY CHINA UNDER THE

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