35. been
"Since allowed to
the British servicemen have all along leave their camps and to visit urban are off duty, it will be unreasonable to restrict the freedom of PLA personnel to leave their camps, sources from the British side said.
areas when they
36.
The Chinese side have expressed reasonable understanding over the "green colour phobia" of the Hong Kong people. Frequent appearances by PLA personnel in urban areas, in particular, may well affect public confidence.
However, relevant arrangements will have to be discussed and determined by the BLDC Subgroup on the CPG/SAR Relationship with details to be worked out by the Sino-British JLG on the basis of the Subgroup's decisions.
37.
Other issues concerning the stationing of the PLA in Hong Kong include the jurisdiction over offences committed by PLA personnel in the HKSAR. This has to be provided for in the Basic Law.
38.
The present thinking is
that ordinary criminal offences involving the PLA garrison should be dealt with by the SAR courts while military offences committed by the PLA garrison should be dealt with by court-martials set up by the PLA of the People's Republic of China, The SAR Courts cannot intervene in
latter cases.
39.
Defence will continue to top the agenda of the 12th meeting of the JLG to be held in Beijing in March. Whether there would be any breakthrough at the coming meeting would depend on the ability of the two sides to iron out their differences in the coming two
months.
40.
Contacts between the two sides have increased considerably since the setting up of the two JLG Offices in Hong Kong on 1 July last year. Members of the Chinese side said, "In the past, the two sides had the British Embassy in Beijing as the liaison. However, many issues could be handled more easily through face to face discussions."
to rely on channel of
41.
Membere of
present, the
two
"At
the Chinese side said, sides meet at least once a week, supplemented by at least one phone call a day."
Mr. Robin McLaren Should Be Stationed In Hong Kong
42.
After the stationing of the Offices of the two sides in Hong Kong, a lot of issues no longer need to be handled by working groups indirectly. Such issues can first be resolved through consultation by
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