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Government are embarking on a number of ambitious new

and the construction of a third

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infrastructure projects;

University has begun.

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In Confidence

17. Four years after the signing of the Joint Declaration, Hong Kong is as dynamically successful as it

has ever been; and its people are enjoying an

unprecedented level of prosperity

•

By removing much of

the uncertainty about 1997 and by creating the conditions to enable economic relations between Hong Kong and China to develop, the Joint Declaration has undoubtedly contributed significantly to this success.

VII:

Implementation of the Joint Declaration

In

18. Since the signature and ratification of the Joint Declaration, the two governments have been fully engaged in the work of implementing its provisions. accordance with Annex II to the Joint Declaration, the Sino British Joint Liaison Group (JLG) was set up and held its first meeting in London in July 1985. accordance with Annex III of the Joint Declaration, the Sino British Land Commission was established and began

meeting in Hong Kong in the same year.

In

Progress on the

the

implementation of the Joint Declaration has been a matter in which Ministers have taken a close interest: subject has regularly featured on the agenda of the Foreign Secretary's talks with his Chinese opposite

number.