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163067 MDHOAN 1494

UNCLASSIFIED

FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 1759

OF 26170OZ SEPTEMBER 91

AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

UNCLASSIFIED

tha Bedia

1091

AND TO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, EC POSTS, TOKYO, CANBERRA, OTTAWA AND TO PRIORITY WELLINGTON, NEW DELHI, ISLAMABAD, SINGAPORE AND TO PRIORITY BANGKOK, JAKARTA, MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR AND TO PRIORITY BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, SEOUL, BTC HONG KONG INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG

FROM GALSWORTHY

CORRECTED VERSION OF TEXT IN JOINT COMMUNIQUE (EXTRA PARAGRAPH ADDED)

TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP:

JOINT COMMUNIQUE

1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF COMMUNIQUE OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF

THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP RELEASED AT SEPTEMBER.

BEGINS

THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP HELD ITS TWENTIETH MEETING IN LONDON

FROM 24 TO 26 SEPTEMBER 1991.

THE GROUP CONFIRMED THE AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE REACHED BY THEIR EXPERTS ON THE EARLY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL IN HONG KONG, INCLUDING THE AGREEMENT ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE COURT. THE TWO SIDES AGREED THAT THE DRAFTING AND AMENDMENT OF

LEGISLATION AND OTHER PREPARATORY WORK COULD NOW PROCEED.

THE GROUP CONFIRMED THE AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE REACHED AT THEIR

LAST MEETING ON A DRAFT MODEL INVESTMENT PROMOTION AND

PROTECTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN HONG KONG AND RELEVANT COUNTRIES.

THE TWO SIDES HAD A FURTHER EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ABOUT THE FUTURE

OF LANDS WHICH ARE NOW IN USE FOR MILITARY PURPOSES IN HONG KONG

AND MADE PROGRESS IN NARROWING THEIR DIFFERENCES. THE TWO SIDES

AGREED THAT EXPERTS WOULD MEET AGAIN SOON TO CONTINUE THIS WORK.

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