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3.

In the course of the year the JLG Sub-Group on International Rights and Obligations agreed on the continued

application in Hong Kong of 31 treaties in the fields of Conservation,

Trade,

Postal Communications, Private

International Law, Marine Pollution, Narcotic Drugs, Customs, Science & Technology, International Crime and Transport (Road and Rail). Agreement was reached on the text of a model

agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance between Hong Kong and other jurisdictions. Agreement was also reached on a basis for amending the provisions in the Immigration Ordinance relating to right of abode for children born of Chinese nationals outside Hong Kong; and on the continued use after 1997 of Seamen's Identity Booklets and Re-entry Permits.

Hong Kong's first Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement was signed with Canada and also its first agreement on the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders with the Netherlands. A further five Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements

and two Agreements on the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders

were initialled. Agreement was reached on an Air Services

Some progress was made on the

Agreement with Sri Lanka. subject of the future of defence lands in Hong Kong.

4.

The Sino-British Land commission held meetings in March and July. Among other things, the Commission agreed that the Land Disposal Programme for the period 1 April 1992 to 31 March 1993 should be 164.3 hectares of land, and

the

average cost of land production for the same

approved

period.

5.

Under the

Joint Declaration, premium income from

land transactions is

the average cost of

Government and the

Government.

shared equally, after the deduction of

land production, between the Hong Kong future Special Administrative Region

At the end of 1992, a cumulative total of

HK$34.2 billion (2.6 billion pounds) was credited to the account of the future Special Administrative Region

Government.