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No agreement on major contracts and franchises.
will continue to put the onus on the Chinese to reject
major franchises. In the JLG the two already under
consideration are the Western New Territories Landfill
and Pay Television. Next is the Hong Kong Electric
Scheme of Control. We are briefing the Chinese on CT9
and making clear that, while only a land grant is
involved, we are happy to answer any questions they
may have in the JLG. In the Airport Committee, we may
soon be putting the Western Harbour Crossing franchise
to them.
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Other non-cooperation in the JLG could centre on :
Defence Lands. As times passes it is not inconceivable that the PLA might see advantage in
having no agreement with us and taking over the whole
military estate in 1997. They appear to be
particularly concerned at the prospect of being asked
to agree not to use military land for anything other
than military purposes.
ASAS. CAAC will not be unpleased at no progress on
ASAs because it will increase their power in 1997.
Legal cooperation. The main danger is that the preparatory work committee will start to examine all
Hong Kong laws to see which ones should cease to be
valid on 1 July 1997. That would cut across the work
being done in the JLG on adaptation of laws.
Unilateral work by China would be unsettling and in all likelihood incompetant. In terms of specific laws, the Bill of Rights is the most likely casualty
in 1997, The Chinese could also suspend work in the
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