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Benefits

3.

This

international

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機密

Convention

facilitates

the

development

of

touring

by

providing

for

the

temporary

importation for private use of aircraft and pleasure boats

of

import

free promote tourism which is

duties

restrictions. and

Kong.

This helps to

important to the economy of Hong

Proposals

4.

The

British

side

proposes

that

the Convention,

together with its Annexes, should continue to apply to the

after 30

То

June

achieve

Hong

Kong SAR

Joint Declaration.

1997 in accordance with the

will be

this result

before 1 July 1997, that

it

necessary for the CPG in some way to indicate to all present Contracting Parties, and all Governments which may become

parties

all the international rights and obligations arising from the Convention together with its Annexes, to the extent to which they apply to Hong Kong, will be assumed by the CPG with effect from 1 July It will further be 1997 and apply to the HKSAR of the PRC.

that those far as possible necessary Contracting Parties either agree, or at least acquiesce. the opinion of the British side the best method for securing this objective would be as described in para. 7 of the paper handed to the Chinese side on 15 March 1989.

to

ensure

SO

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