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機密

reports

are

then sent

to

the

UK

for submission to the

Committee in accordance with Article 16(2) (a). The Chinese

side may find it helpful, in connection with reports on the

Kong SAR that they will be submitting to the Committee

of past reports which are at

Hong

after 1997, to have

copies

Annex E.

Benefits

6.

The

application

of

the

Covenant to

underlines

the

Government's Hong Kong

Hong Kong

commitment to the

protection of the

and freedoms in Hong Kong. rights

Its

continued

application

after 1997 will

demonstrate that

these rights

and

freedoms

will

remain

unchanged,

in

accordance with the provisions of the JD and BL.

Proposals

7.

and

Given that the Governments of the United Kingdom

the People's Republic of China have already agreed that

Covenant should continue to apply to the Hong Kong SAR

3 above), it remains necessary only for the

Government of the PRC in some appropriate way to indicate

the

(see paragraph

to

all

Contracting present

Parties,

and all Governments

which may become parties before 1 July 1997 that all the

international

rights

and

obligations

arising

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