GENERAL SUPPLEMENTARIES
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Will the Chinese stick to the agreement?
1.
Chinese leaders made
Joint
clear during the Prime Minister's visit tof
Peking their commitment to implementing the agreement.
Declarati
agreement. China is
is on
formal and binding international
justifiably proud of its record in meeting obligations under
international agreements. Agreement meets interests
reason to think that the Chinese will not honour it.
No
of both sides.
What if the Chinese breach agreement?
2.
The breach of a legally binding international agreement would be
a most serious matter in our
international
We would of course make the
own eyes and no doubt in those of the
community as a whole.
strongest possible
representations
to the Chinese
order to seek a remedy
Government in
If the Chinese breach the
agreement could we repudiate it?
There would
Yes, but only if it was a material breach, as defined in Article
60 of The Vienna Convention on the law of treaties.
3.
have to be a breach by China of a provision essential to the
accomplishment of the object and purpose of the agreement.
Parallels with the Falklands?
Absolutely no parallel. Hong Kong is sui generis in that 92 per
cent of the territory
covered by a lease with a fixed expiry
4.
date.
is
Our
firm
International resettlement of those unwilling to stay in Hong Kong
intention to make the agreement work and create
conditions in which Hong Kong people will continue living and
working in a flourishing community. Cannot build with one hand and
pull down with the other.
5.
Participation of Hong Kong people in drafting of Basic Law
6.
be
Chinese leaders have made it clear that people of Hong Kong will
consulted on drafting of Basic Law. Prime Minister told this
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