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MY FOURTH IPT: HONG KONG AND THE CCC

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FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF DRAFT PRC DECLARATION TO THE CCC, TO

BE HANDED OVER TO THE SG BY THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR:

BEGINS

I AM INSTRUCTED BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, WITH REFERENCE TO THE CONVENTION

ESTABLISHING THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL AND TO THE

COMMUNICATION WHICH THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN BELGIUM ADDRESSED TO

YOUR EXCELLENCY TODAY, TO NOTIFY YOUR EXCELLENCY OF THE

DECLARATION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS FOLLOWS:

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE GOVERNMENT

OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ON

THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG SIGNED IN BEIJING ON 19 DECEMBER 1984,

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HAS DECIDED TO RESUME THE EXERCISE

OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1997. HONG

KONG WILL, WITH EFFECT FROM THAT DATE, BECOME A SPECIAL

ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WHICH

WILL HAVE INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HONG KONG SPECIAL

ADMINISTRATIVE REGION. IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 3 OF THE

JOINT DECLARATION AND THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF ANNEX I TO THAT

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