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HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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FM PEKING 10094OZ APR 85
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 505 OF 10 APRIL.
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
SIR P. CRADOCK, NO.10 DOWNING ST
MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
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NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS: HONG KONG
IMMEDIATE
HKK040/21
11A 1935
1. THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS PASSED THE FOLLOWING TWO
RESOLUTIONS THIS AFTERNOON (OUR TRANSLATION):
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(1) THE THIRD SESSIOS OF THE SIXTH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS OF
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, HAVING CONSIDERED THE ''JOINT DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHER HIRELAND ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG'' WHICH HAD BEEN
SUBMITTED BY THE STATE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL, HAS
DECIDED TO RATIFY THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ON THE QUESTION OF HONG
KONG'', SIGNED BY PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG ON BEHALF OF THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT ON 19 DECEMBER 1984, INCLUDING ANNEX I, ''ELABORATION BY
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OF ITS BASIC POLICIE
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REGARDING HONG KONG'', ANNEX lh, 'SINO-BRITISH JOINT DIA USON GROUP'' AND ANNEX MI, ''LAND LEASES''.
(2) THE THIRD SESSION OF THE SIXTH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS OF
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HAS DECIDED TO ESTABLISH A DRAFTING
COMMITTEE FOR THE BASIC LAW OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE
REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WHICH WILL BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL
ADMINISTRATHINE REGION.
THE DRAFTING COMMITTE FOR THE BASIC LAW OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL
ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S
CONGRESS AND WHEN THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS IS NOT IN SESSION
HIT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL
PEOPLE'S CONGRESS.
THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE FOR THE BASIC LAW OF THE HONG KONG
SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WILL BE COMPOSED OF PERSONAGES AND
SPECIALISTS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE INCLUDING HONG KONG COMPATRIOTS.
THE SPECIFIC NAME LIST WILL BE DECIDED UPON AND PROMULGATED BY THE
STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS.
EVANS
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