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MKC 031/25
29 SEP 1988
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TO ROUTINE TOKYO
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OF 271545Z SEPTEMBER 88
AND TO ROUTINE MANILA SEOUL JAKARTA
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BANGKOK
KUALA LUMPUR
AND TO ROUTINE SINGAPORE BANDAR SERI
AND TO ROUTINE BRUSSELS ATHENS BONN MADRID
AND TO ROUTINE LUXEMBOURG COPENHAGEN
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS NEW YORK
BEGAWAN
NEW DELHI THE HAGUE
LISBON PARIS ROME
DUBLIN
BERNE
MIPT HONG KONG AGREEMENT TENTH MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON
GROUP
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THE
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF
MEETING
BEGINS
THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP HELD ITS TENTH MEETING
IN LONDON FROM 20-23 SEPTEMBER 1988 THE GROUP DISCUSSED A
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND ACHIEVED POSITIVE RESULTS THE GROUP
EXPRESSED SATISFACTION AT THE SUCCESSFUL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE
TWO OFFICES SINCE THEIR ESTABLISHMENT IN HONG KONG ON 1 JULY
1988
ON THE BASIS OF WORK DONE BY THE SUB-GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP REACHED AGREEMENT
ON HONG KONG'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC
TELECOMMUNITY AND IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
POLICE ORGANISATION INTERPOL AND THE UNITED NATIONS
COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS
THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP CONTINUED ITS DISCUSSION ON TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR TWO TYPES OF SEAMAN'S TRAVEL
DOCUMENT THE SEAMAN'S IDENTITY BOOK AND THE SEAMAN'S
CERTIFICATE OF NATIONALITY AND IDENTITY
VIEW
AND REACHED A COMMON
WITH THIS THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP HAVE COMPLETED THEIR CONSIDERATION OF TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ALL HONG KONG
TRAVEL AND IDENTITY DOCUMENTS
WITH REGARD TO WORK ON THE LOCALISATION OF LEGISLATION, THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP REACHED A COMMON VIEW ON QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE LOCALISATION OF LEGISLATION ON ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION IN
HONG KONG THE GROUP ALSO DISCUSSED QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE
LOCALISATION OF LEGISLATION ON CIVIL AVIATION AND MERCHANT
SHIPPING
THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP CONTINUED THEIR DISCUSSION OF FUTURE
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