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TELEGRAM NUMBER 56 OF 9 JANUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
MIPT: HONG KONG BILL
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A DRAFT PRESS NOTICE TO BE PUT OUT ON
THE PUBLICATION OF THE BILL:
BEGINS
THE HONG KONG BILL WAS GIVEN ITS FIRST READING IN THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS ON THURSDAY 10 JANUARY AND AND PUBLISHED IMMEDIATELY
THEREAFTER.
THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL IS TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT
THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG WHICH WAS
SIGNED BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG IN PEKING ON
19 DECEMBER 1984.
THE AGREEMENT CONSISTS OF:
- A JOINT DECLARATION, IN WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM DECLARES THAT
IT WILL RETURN HONG KONG TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN
1997, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT DECLARES IN BROAD OUTLINE ITS
POLICIES TOWARDS HONG KONG, AND THE TWO GOVERNMENTS AGREE TO
IMPLEMENT THESE DECLARATIONS AND THE ANNEXES:
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ANNEX I IN WHICH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT EXPANDS ON DIFFERENT
ASPECTS OF ITS POLICIES TOWARDS HONG KONG:
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- ANNEX II WHICH SETS OUT THE TERMS OF REFERENCE AND OUTLINE
WORKING ARRANGEMENTS OF A SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP, TO
ACT AS A FORUM FOR CONSULTATION UP TO THE YEAR 2000:
ANNEX III, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE CONTINUATION OF LAND LEASES
AND FOR FUTURE LAND GRANTS.
THERE IS AN ASSOCIATED EXCHANGE OF MEMORANDA ON THE STATUS AFTER
1997 OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
CITIZENS BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG.
THE AGREEMENT IS THE OUTCOME OF TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS WHICH
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