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4.

The Group is building up a body of solid achievement

number of important areas.

After initial

in a

uncertainty over

its

establishment, reaction in Hong Kong to the Group's achievements has

The next meeting of the JLG will be

been generally positive.

Peking from 25-28 November.

5.

in

A Sino-British Land Commission has also been established

under the Joint Declaration, to discuss future arrangements for the

sale of land leases and other

It has already met on several

matters of land administration.

Occasions in Hong Kong. It has

concentrated on technical matters and on the form of land leases,

and its achievements thus far have been welcomed in Hong Kong.

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