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DEFENCE AND OVERSEA POLICY COMMITTEE

SUB-COMMITTEE ON HONG KONG

THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Memorandum by the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary

Introduction

1. Under the terms of the Joint Declaration on the question of Hong Kong, the British and Chinese Governments are committed to ensuring a smooth transfer of government in 1997. An important aspect of this exercise is to achieve the maximum feasible convergence between

the functioning of the government structure which will be in place immediately before 1997 and of that which will be in place

thereafter. The transition from the present office of the Governor to that of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) is particularly important.

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