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(d) to increase trade and investment flows between the

UK and Hong Kong and to ensure that Hong Kong remains a major market for Britain after 1997;

(e) to deal effectively with problems of particular

concern to Hong Kong people.

Implementation of the Joint Declaration

Annex I

While the Joint Declaration provides the basis for a successful future for Hong Kong, we need to make sure that the agreement sticks and works in practice. We are pursuing this through the work of the Joint Liaison Group

and through the influence we have been able to exert on the drafting of the Basic Law (which will provide the constitutional framework for Hong Kong's autonomy after 1997). The Joint Liaison Group has made steady progress in a number of areas of importance to Hong Kong. to this paper contains a list of the more important agreements achieved so far. None of this has been won easily: each agreement has required meticulous and persistent negotiation in order to secure the best possible arrangements for Hong Kong on terms fully consistent with the Joint Declaration. Several key points have only been resolved by direct discussion between the Foreign Secretary and his Chinese opposite number. The workload is a heavy one and there is a major input from the Hong Kong Government. This Hong Kong involvement helps to ensure that local concerns are fully reflected in the process of implementing the Joint

Declaration.

Much remains to be done. There is a great deal of work in the legal field, particularly over the continued