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TO IMMEDIATE CANBERRA

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AND TO IMMEDIATE VIENNA, BRUSSELS, OTTAWA, COPENHAGEN

AND TO IMMEDIATE HELSINKI, PARIS, BONN, ATHENS, REYKJAVIK

AND TO IMMEDIATE DUBLIN, ROME, TOKYO, LUXEMBOURG, WELLINGTON

AND TO IMMEDIATE THE HAGUE, OSLO, LISBON, MADRID, STOCKHOLM

AND TO IMMEDIATE BERNE, ANKARA, WASHINGTON, UKREP BRUSSELS

AND TO IMMEDIATE SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, JAKARTA, BANGKOK

AND TO IMMEDIATE MANILA, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, SEOUL, ISLAMABAD AND TO IMMEDIATE MONTEVIDEO, NEW DELHI, BRASILIA, CAIRO

AND TO IMMEDIATE BELGRADE, UKMIS GENEVA

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING

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THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE CHINESE AND BRITISH

GOVERNMENTS ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG, SIGNED IN PEKING ON 19

DECEMBER 1984, PROVIDES THAT THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE

REGION OF CHINA, WHICH WILL COME INTO EXISTENCE ON 1 JULY 1997,

WILL RETAIN THE STATUS OF A SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY: MAY ON

ITS OWN CONCLUDE RELEVANT AGREEMENTS WITH STATES, REGIONS AND

RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS: AND MAY PARTICIPATE IN

RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE

AGREEMENTS SUCH AS THE GATT.

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