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FOREIGN SECRETARY:

The twin objectives that all the discussions have been

designed to try and achieve are:

one,

a recognition, a

and two, continuity

nonetheless across the frontier of changing sovereignty.

manifestation of the change of sovereiguty:

When i

say frontier I mean the railway junction, whatever you like, of

changing sovereignty. That is a matter that has to be addressed and still is being addressed in relation to different parts of the

system.

You will find that in relation to the Legislature, the Basic

Law does provide for the members of LEGCO who are in place in 1995

to remain in place beyond 1997 while taking the necessary fresh

osthu of allegiance and so CD.

Other

So in that respect that objective has been achieved.

areas like the continuation of laws and the legal system are set

out in great detail. There are still areas to be addressed in the structure of government itself which are still under discussion I

think as a matter of executive consideration and they will no

doubt form part of the agenda of the Joint Liaison Group because

they are things which do not necessarily appear, would not appear

in the Basic Law, but nevertheless are of importance.

CBAINKAN,

Thank you very much for that clarification.

I think the

first area we would like to turn to is the constitutional position

of the Governor and of course his successor after 1997.