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MIPT = HONG KONG/BRUNEI ASA: PRESS RELEASE AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

AN AIR SERVICE AGREEMENT (ASA) BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG AND THE GOVERNMENT OF BRUNEI WAS SIGNED IN HONG KONG TODAY (JANUARY 9, 1989).

2. MRSANSON CHAN, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG UNDER THE AUTHORISATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT AND DATO HAJI ZAKARIA DMW HAJI SULAIMAN, MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BRUNEI.

3. SIGNATURE OF THE ASA FOLLOWS DISCUSSION DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS BETWEEN UK AND BRUNEIAN DELEGATIONS AT WHICH PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT WAS REACHED ON THE TEXT. HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES WERE

INCLUDED IN THE UK DELEGATION AT THOSE TALKS.

4. THE HONG KONG/BRUNEI ASA IS THE FOURTH SUCH AGREEMENT DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT

DECLARATION IN MIND.

5. THE ASA, WHICH PROVIDES FOR SCHEDULED SERVICES BY THE DESIGNATED AIRLINES OF THE TWO SIDES, ENTERS INTO FORCE UPON SIGNATURE.

6. (SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION): ALTHOUGH THE HONG KONG/BRUNEI ASA PROVIDES FOR A MODEST AND BALANCED ENHANCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE TO EACH SIDE UNDER UK/BRUNEI AIR SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS, ITS MAIN SIGNIFICANCE IS THAT :

(A) IT IS THE FOURTH (AFTER THE DUTCH, SWISS AND CANADIAN AGREEMENTS) IN A SERIES OF ASAS WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF REMAINING

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