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(c)

Land Commission

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8.

A Sino-British Land Commission has also been

established under

the terms of the Joint Declaration to monitor and consult on

matters provided for in the Join t Declaration.

meetings between 10 July and 17 October 1985, all in

Commission quickly reached agreement on a series of

for

in use

1 and transactions.

land

It held five

Hong Kong. The

legal documents

The Commission also determined the

The

land disposal programme for the period from 27 May 1985, when the

Join t Declaration entered

in to force, to 31 March 1986.

period was 58 hectares,

the Joint Declaration which allows the

ten-mon th

programme agreed for this

exercising the provision in

specified annual limit of 50 hectares

(d)

9.

the

to be exceeded.

Establishment of Basic Law Drafting Committee by Chinese

National People's Congress

Under paragraph 3(12) of the Joint Declaration the policies of People's Republic of China regarding Hong Kong, which are set

ou t in paragraph 3 of the Joint Declaration, and the elaboration of

them in Annex I to the Joint Declaration will be stipulated in a

Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the

People's Republic of

China by the Chinese National People's

Congress, and they will remain unchanged for 50 years. The Chinese

National People's Congress has appointed a 59-member Basic Law

Drafting Committee, 23 of whose members come from Hong Kong. The

Chinese Government has

also announced the formation of

a Basic Law

Hong Kong to reflect the views of the

Hong Kong to the Drafting Committee. Her Majesty's

the Chinese decision have publicly welcomed the people of Hong Kong on a wide basis on the drafting of the Basic

Law, and will follow the drafting process closely.

Consultative Committee

people

of

Government

in

to

consult

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