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TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 505 OF 10 APRIL.

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS: HONG KONG

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APR 1985

THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS PASSED THE FOLLOWING TWO RESOLUTIONS THIS AFTERNOON (OUR TRANSLATION):

(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 IRELAND 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 HI, ''ELABORATION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OF ITS BASIC POLICIE

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REGARDING HONG KONG'', ANNEX ikh, ''S¡¡NO-BR{{}TISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP AND ANNEX 1, '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 ADMINISTRATIVE 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 INT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL

PEOPLE'S CONGRESS.

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