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Annual report on Hong Kong
3.
As Ministers agreed during the debate on the Hong
Kong Act, an annual report оп Hong Kong will be laid Hope to be able to publish report in
before the House.
December.
Joint Liaison Group
4.
The Group has got off to a good start. Among
other things, the first meeting reached agreement on its
working methods and on matters relating to Hong Kong's
continued participation in the As i an Development Bank
after 1997.
Basic Law
5.
Basic Law will embody the Chinese Governments'
policies for the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region after 1997, as these are set out in the Joint
Declaration and Annex I to it.
The drafting of the Basic
for
We the Chinese Government.
have
their decision to consult the people of Hong
Kong on a wide basis and the appointment of 23 Hong Kong people to the 59 member Basic Law Drafting Committee which they have established.
Law i s
matter a
welcomed
Constitutional Development
6.
Following the approval in January of HKG plans for development of representational government, the first indirect elections to the Legislative Council were held
HKG intends that constitutional
gradual and based on existing
in September.
The
development should be
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