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1985

a view to the effective

The Group held its first

transfer of government in 1997, and with

implementation of

of the Joint Declaration. meeting in London from 22 to 25 July. At that meeting the two sides agreed on the working procedures of the Group and on arrangement s for Hong Kong to remain a member of the Asian Development Bank after

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The Group also discussed Hong Kong's continued

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participation in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and

Arrangement and the continued application of international rights and obligations to Hong Kong. It was agreed

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A Sino-British Land Commission has also been established under

the terms of the Joint Declaration to monitor, consult, consider and in Annex decide land matters) provided for in the Joint Declaration. It held five meetings between 10 July and 17 October 1985, all in Hong Kong. The Commission quickly reached agreement on a series of legal documents for use in land transactions. Both form and wording are

in keeping with the Joint Declaration.

The Commission also

determined the land disposal programme for the period from 27 May

1985, when the Joint Declaration entered into force, to 31 March

1986. The programme agreed for this ten-month period was 58

hectares. Thus the Land Commission . immediately demonstrated the

> as it is empowered by de flexibility provided for in the Joint Declaration by agreeing) on a programme exceeding the annual limit of 50 hectares specified in

the Joint Declaration. Even before agreement was reached on the overall land disposal programme, the Commission authorised several lots of land to be sold by auction under the arrangements in the Joint Declaration, with terms running up to 2047.

(e) Nationality and Passports

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Paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Hong Kong Act 1985 provides

for a nationality Order in Council to be made to give effect to the

of the United Kingdom Memorandum associated with the Joint

Declaration. A White Paper containing a draft of this Order in

terms

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