II: IMPLEMENTATION OF JOINT DECLARATION
Joint Declaration remains the constant point of reference in all
our discussions with the Chinese. Not relegated to history as some
have suggested.
Everything which we have so far agreed with the Chinese about Hong Kong's future is fully consistent with provisions of Joint
Declaration.
Sino-British Joint Liaison Group has made steady progress in implementing the Joint Declaration: has reached agreement on some 26 items of business. Has met 11 times in plenary session (twelfth meeting now in progress). 28 meetings at expert level have taken.
place.
Achievements include: agreement on Hong Kong's participation as separate contracting party to the GATT; Hong Kong's participation in
over a dozen international organisations; agreement that Hong Kong
should have its own Air Services Agreements (4 already signed); agreement on pension arrangements after 1997 for Hong Kong Civil Service; agreement on all travel documents for Hong Kong residents
after 1997.
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