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CONFIDENTIAL

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continued application of the Convention to the Hong Kong

Special Administrative Region (SAR). It is proposed that

the SAR Government and the relevant entities in the SAR

should be allowed to continue to participate in the

activities of the Organisation after 1997. To this end it

is further proposed that with effect from 1 July 1997:

(a) Should the need arise the Central People's

Government (CPG) should permit the SAR Government

to provide a representative, acting in the

capacity of an adviser, to join each delegation

of the PRC attending the Assembly of Parties, and

other meetings when any matter relevant to the

SAR is to be discussed.

(b) The CPG should direct the PRC Signatory

(i) to permit any entity licensed or authorised

by the SAR Government to provide external

telecommunications services ("entity"), using

the INMARSAT space segment to participate in

the PRC Signatory's investment share in

INMARSAT, in the proportion which utilisation

of the space segment through ship, aircraft

and land mobile earth stations registered

the Hong Kong SAR bears to the total

utilisation of the PRC as measured by

INMARSAT; and

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