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HK, China agree on boundary talks
HONG KONG. Jan 17: After 156 years of British rule. Hong Kong and China signed an agreement Friday on the boundary .separating this ttfri-tory from’ the Chtnesd mainland. reports AP
The agreement was signed in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, bordering Hong Kong, by John Ashton, deputy political adviser of the Hong Kong govern ment. and Xiao Jinzhe. an official of the Guangdong Provin cial Government.
With 165 days left before Hong Kong returns to Chinese sovereignty on July 1. the agreement removes "uncertainties and ambiguities and that ought to be in general good for the handover process.'" Ashton ’.old reporters.
He said the boundary negotiations that lasted eight years were in response to needs arts ing from rapid economic devel
opment on both sides that have turned the boundary into one cf the busiest borders of the world.
Ashton said the agreement would oof produce a ^ramaUc change to everybody's lives overnight." but would facilitate operations against illegal cross-border activities.
'll removes one of the risk factors which potentially can lead to incursions." he added.
Previous Chinese incursions into Hong Kong waters to grab suspected smugglers had stoked up serious diplomatic tussles between China and the British colony.
The Incidents provoked alarm about China's seemingly cavalier attitude toward the laws of the sea and concern that even though China does not recover Hong Kong until 1997. the colony has already lost control of its sea borders.
The new boundary Is based
on clearly identifiable natural features rather than the arbitrary lines on maps, a state-ment said.
Ai>!fct6ri fhe prolonged negotiations were due to complex. questions involved:
Tn some areas, the existing boundary simply isn't clear," he said, citing as an example the Shenzhen River, which is used to help define the dividing line, yet gradually changes course over the years.
Under the new boundary. Hong Kong will acquire about 100 hectares (250 acres) of land previously under the control of Guangdong province, and give back about 12 hectares (30 acres),
Aston said follow-up work, including a joint survey with the Guangdong authorities of Ilie entire boundary, will take three to four months.