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ot things Hong Kong's membership of the GATT, as a

separate contracting party, and a long list of other

information organisations;

transitional arrangements for

the different types of travel and identify documents used

by Hong Kong people; the separation of Hong Kong's air

services agreements from those of the UK; the expansion

of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force to take over all

internal security duties; and a wide variety of legal

matters, including the localisation of UK legislation

applied directly in Hong Kong. These agreements are the

fruit of detailed and complex discussions. Taken

together, they represent an impressive achievement,

reflecting the determination of the two Governments to

implement the provisions of the Joint Declaration fully

and effectively.

But there is still much to be done.

24. A second body set up under the Joint Declaration is

the Sino-British Land Commission, whose terms of

reference are specified in Annex III, which deals with

land leases. These terms of reference include monitoring

observance of the 50 hectare limit on new land to be

granted annually, and the equal division of premium

income from land transactions between the Hong Kong

Government and the future SAR Government matters

specified in detail elsewhere in the annex. To date, the

Land Commission has held

meetings. It has reached

agreement on a total land dispersal programme of

hectares and almost HK $10 billion has been credited to

the account of the future SAR Government.