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Hong Kong ASAS with the full agreement and support of the Chinese

Government. Considerable progress has already been made.

5.

The text of a Hong Kong/Netherlands ASA was negotiated in

April 1986. The UK discussed this with the Chinese and

subsequently, with Dutch agreement, made certain changes to the original text in order to ensure that it would be in a form which

was acceptable to the Chinese. The Hong Kong/Netherlands ASA was

signed on 17 September 1986 and, after completion of Dutch

constitutional procedures, entered into force on 26 June 1987. Similarly, a Hong Kong/Switzerland ASA was signed on 26 January

1988, and will enter into force after completion of Swiss constitutional procedures. The Hong Kong/Canada ASA was signed

on 24 June 1988, and entered into force on that date. The Hong Kong/Brunei ASA (which derived from UK/Brunei arrangements rather

than an ASA) was signed and entered into force on 9 January 1989.

The ASA with France was signed in August 1990 and entered into

force on 10 May 1991. Agreements with New Zealand and Malaysia

were signed on 22 February 1991 and 4 March 1991 respectively, each entering into force upon signature. The Hong Kong/Brazil ASA, which is, like that with Brunei, a completely new agreement, was signed on 6 September 1991 and will enter into force after

completion of Brazilian constitutional procedures.

The Hong Kong/Sri Lanka ASA will very shortly be signed and will enter

into force. Six other ASAS have been negotiated and the texts

have been handed to the Chinese to ensure they have no problem with their continuing in force after 30 June 1997. After

signature, each Hong Kong ASA

each Hong Kong ASA is published and, once it has entered into force, the UK registers it on Hong Kong's behalf with the United Nations and the International Civil Aviation

Organization.

6. The United Kingdom has already commenced negotiations with

the Governments of several other countries. In all these cases

and as for Hong Kong ASAS already concluded, the aim is to reach

agreement on a a text which takes account of Chinese views and which is capable of carrying over in 1997 as envisaged in Section