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TIMETABLES (ARTICLE 2). IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE ADMISSION TEMPORARILY AND FREE OF IMPORT DUTIES AND IMPORT TAXES AND ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OF CERTAIN OTHER PUBLICITY MATERIAL, DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE VISITORS (ARTICLE 3).

4. THE UNITED KINGDOM RATIFIED THE PROTOCOL ON 27 FEBRUARY 1956. THE PROTOCOL ENTERED INTO FORCE ON 28 JUNE 1956 IN ACCORDANCE WITH

ARTICLE 10. ARTICLE 13 SETS OUT A TERRITORIAL APPLICATION PROVISION

WHICH IS IN SIMILAR TERMS TO ARTICLE 19 OF THE CONVENTION. THE

UNITED KINGDOM DECLARED BY NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 13 THAT THE

PROTOCOL EXTENDS TO HONG KONG ON 11 NOVEMBER 1960 (TEXT AT ANNEX B).

BENEFITS

5. THE PRINCIPAL BENEFIT TO HONG KONG FROM THE APPLICATION OF THIS CONVENTION IS THAT IT FACILITATES TOURISM, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF FOREIGN CURRENCY.

PROPOSALS

6. THE BRITISH SIDE PROPOSES THAT THE CONVENTION TOGETHER WITH ITS PROTOCOL, SHOULD CONTINUE TO APPLY TO THE HONG KONG SAR AFTER 30

JUNE 1997 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION. TO ACHIEVE THIS RESULT, THE ONLY ACTION REQUIRED WILL BE TO INCLUDE THE CONVENTION AND ITS PROTOCOL IN THE LIST OF TREATIES IN THE ANNEX TO THE OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS EXCHANGE OF NOTES CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS OPEN-SQUARE- BRACKETS PRC NOTE TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS AGREED AT THE MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP. UNDER THE OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS EXCHANGE OF NOTES CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS PRC NOTE CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS ALL INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM THE INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON THE ANNEXED LIST WHICH, ON 30 JUNE 1997, ARE VESTED IN OUR INCUMBENT UPON THE UK GOVERNMENT AND APPLY TO HONG KONG WILL, WILL TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY APPLY TO HONG KONG, BE ASSUMED WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1997 BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PRC AND APPLY TO THE HONG KONG SAR OF THE PRC.

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