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FCOAPR

CONFIDENTIAL

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1A 2AH

J Hanratty Esq

Kuala Lumpur

HKK 340/

RECEIVED IN REGISTE › 4 DEC 1986

DESK INDEX

Telephone 01-

233 3722

een Taken

Dew Hanoutty

HONG KONG CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY

Your reference

Our reference

Date

2 December 1986

Your letter CON340/4 of 16 October to NTD has been passed to me for reply.

1.

2.

want

to know

as

For

We fully appreciate that many countries will eventually what arrangements we intend to make concerning Hong

After all, 1997 approaches. Kong Certificates of Identity as you point out, half of the ethnic Chinese population of Hong Kong are holders or potential holders of Certificates of Identity.

that reason we

on have been conducting talks this subject with the Chinese Government under the auspices of the Joint Liaison Group a body which

the Sino-British

future

to discuss the of Hong Kong

1997. resolved before

These particular

was set

up

under

on

the agreement matters that need to be talks

fruition came to

on

many

27

November

that

arrangements

for

1986 when HMG and the Government of the People's Republic of China formally

Memoranda exchanged

confirming has been reached between the two sides on the agreement

of the continued

Certificates use of Hong Kong You ill see

from the texts of these

the

W

Certificates

of

resolved

and

Identity that the

the Hong

and

has been after 1997

of documents travel

of the

People's

Identity after 30 June 1997.

Memoranda (copies enclosed) that the future status of Hong Kong

both before matter of passports and Kong Special Administrative Region Republic of China has been explained.

3.

let

me

I hope you will find the texts self-explanatory but please know if you have any further queries. I also enclose for

reference

exchanged with

the

PRC on

and a

1 1

copy

the Memoranda copies of

(see para April 1986

1 of UK Memorandum of 27 November) of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong (Section XIV of Annex I is relevant).

4.

Certificates

out

have not

actually been

asked about wish to make a big deal

appropriate

I note that you

as yet of Identity. We would not it consider

in situation

low key and we leave

of this questions by

but

you explaining

may

the

Malaysians. If you did decide on this

a

to

pre-empt

way

to the it to you to

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