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State Council Of The People’s Republic Of China Letter No. 132 [2006] of the State Council Official Reply of the State Council Concerning the Area of the “Hong Kong Port Area at the Shenzhen Bay Port” over which the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is Authorized to Exercise Jurisdiction and the Land Use Period Editorial Notes: 1. This instrument was not given a chapter number under the Legislation Publication Ordinance (Cap. 614). An unofficial reference number, however, is assigned to this instrument in Hong Kong e-Legislation (http://www.elegislation.gov.hk) for identification purposes. This also enables users to carry out a search by reference to the unofficial reference number. 2. This English translation is prepared by the Department of Justice, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It is for reference only and has no legislative effect. The People’s Government of Guangdong Province, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, In accordance with the “Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Authorizing the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to Exercise Jurisdiction over the Hong Kong Port Area at the Shenzhen Bay Port” adopted at the Twenty Fourth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People’s Congress on 31 October 2006 and the relevant laws and regulations, and pursuant to a request for instructions from the People’s Government of Guangdong Province and at the request of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the State Council now gives the following reply concerning the area and the land use period of the “Hong Kong Port Area at the Shenzhen Bay Port” which is established in the area of the Shenzhen Bay Port and over which the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is authorized to exercise jurisdiction: 1. The area of the “Hong Kong Port Area at the Shenzhen Bay Port” comprises the Hong Kong Clearance Area and the section of the bridge surface of the Shenzhen Bay Bridge which connects with the Hong Kong Clearance Area. The total land use area of the Hong Kong Clearance Area is 41.565 hectares (more particularly set out by the setting out coordinates detailed at Annex 1). The section of the bridge surface of the Shenzhen Bay Bridge refers to the section beginning at the south-east boundary of the Hong Kong Clearance Area and ending at the boundary line between the Guangdong Province and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (more particularly set out by the setting out coordinates detailed at Annex 2). 2. The land use right of the “Hong Kong Port Area at the Shenzhen Bay Port” is to be acquired by way of a lease under a lease contract for State-owned land signed between the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the People’s Government of the Shenzhen Municipality of Guangdong Province, and the land use period shall commence on the day on which the Shenzhen Bay Port commences operation and shall expire on 30 June 2047. With the State Council’s approval of a submission made after the parties’ mutual consultation and submitted in accordance with the relevant procedure, the land use right may be terminated prematurely or be renewed after the expiry of the lease. Annex 1: Setting out coordinates of the Clearance Area of the “Hong Kong Port Area at the Shenzhen Bay Port” Annex 2: Setting out coordinates of the section of the bridge surface of the Shenzhen Bay Bridge [Official Chop of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China]30 December 2006 Annex 1 Setting out coordinates of the Clearance Area of the “Hong Kong Port Area at the Shenzhen Bay Port” coordinates reference No. X coordinate Y coordinate remarks 1 15172.500 103655.000 2 14829.000 103655.000 3 14829.000 103635.000 4 13787.489 103635.000 5 13704.935 103513.075 6 13704.935 103017.000 7 14164.800 103017.000 8 14164.800 103235.660 9 14235.569 103427.917 Starting point of circular curve 10 14239.958 103436.862 Mid-point of circular curve, radius = 48.25 m 11 14246.091 103444.715 End point of circular curve 12 14246.091 103591.249 Starting point of circular curve 13 14290.205 103593.687 Mid-point of circular curve, radius = 1200.25 m 14 14334.379 103594.500 End point of circular curve 15 14745.300 103594.500 Starting point of circular curve 16 14798.342 103580.722 Mid-point of circular curve, radius = 109 m 17 14837.975 103542.873 End point and starting point of circular curve 18 14864.926 103505.153 Mid-point of circular curve, radius = 351 m 19 14896.614 103471.314 End point of circular curve 20 14998.347 103376.131 Starting point of circular curve 21 15052.372 103341.950 Mid-point of circular curve, radius = 171 m 22 15115.175 103330.000 End point of circular curve 23 15172.500 103330.000 Note: Coordinates System is based on Shenzhen Independent Coordinates System. Annex 2 Setting out coordinates of the section of thebridge surface of the Shenzhen Bay Bridge Setting out coordinates of ramp A coordinatesreference No. left edge line (indirection of traffic flow) right edge line (in direction of traffic flow) remarks X Y X Y A1 13725.5845 103543.5725 Intersection with Red Line at Point 1 A2 13715.1943 103528.2270 Intersection with Red Line at Point 2 A3 13714.8996 103561.5008 13701.6906 103552.4718 R—160.000 L—96.753 Mid-point of circular curve A4 13680.3748 103598.5028 13670.4534 103585.9503 End point of circular curve A5 13628.3217 103628.1131 13622.1361 103613.3571 A—135.000 L—113.906 Mid-point of transition curve A6 13574.7609 103646.8098 13569.9557 103631.5484 R—1500.000 L—187.483 Starting point of circular curve A7 13514.1286 103667.2778 13508.6703 103652.1845 Mid-point of circular curve A8 13454.4295 103690.3266 13448.3290 103675.4811 Merging point of ramp A Setting out coordinates of ramp B coordinatesreference No. left edge line (indirection of traffic flow) right edge line (in direction of traffic flow) remarks X Y X Y B1 13728.0207 103547.1705 Intersection with Red Line at Point 1 B2 13735.3053 103557.9294 Intersection with Red Line at Point 2 B3 13600.5721 103577.3648 13604.9604 103585.7951 A—100.000 L—75.625 Starting point of ramp B B4 13634.9659 103561.5416 13638.5982 103570.3195 Mid-point of transition curve B5 13671.8810 103549.5897 13673.9028 103558.8721 R—160.000 L—81.047 Starting point of circular curve B6 13713.3351 103545.9403 13712.9663 103555.4331 Mid-point of circular curve Setting out coordinates of ramp C coordinatesreference No. left edge line (indirection of traffic flow) right edge line (in direction of traffic flow) remarks X Y X Y C1 13765.1448 103602.0000 Intersection with Red Line at Point 1 C2 13758.7125 103592.5000 Intersection with Red Line at Point 2 C3 13728.6083 103602.0000 13728.6083 103592.5000 A—170.000 L—72.250 Starting point of transition curve C4 13692.6826 103602.1819 13692.5194 103592.6833 Mid-point of transition curve C5 13656.7814 103603.7875 13656.0214 103594.3179 R—400.000 L—98.097 Starting point of circular curve C6 13608.8226 103610.5795 13606.9167 103601.2726 Mid-point of circular curve C7 13562.0546 103623.1862 13559.0246 103614.1823 End point of circular curve C8 13530.4933 103635.1855 13526.8276 103626.4213 A—180.000 L—68.040 Mid-point of transition curve C9 13499.6337 103648.8624 13495.6546 103640.2358 R—2500.000 L—53.458 Starting point of circular curve C10 13473.4995 103661.1094 13469.4185 103652.5306 Mid-point of circular curve C11 13447.5089 103673.6582 13443.3290 103665.1272 End point of ramp C Setting out coordinates of ramp D coordinatesreference No. left edge line (indirection of traffic flow) right edge line (in direction of traffic flow) remarks X Y X Y D1 13272.0320 103728.0355 13279.4428 103742.2722 Starting point of ramp D D2 13356.3972 103684.1196 13363.8080 103698.3563 D3 13485.7955 103616.7620 13496.9011 103638.0966 D4 13592.2377 103561.3540 13604.9604 103585.7951 D5 13599.6484 103575.5904 D6 13704.9351 103502.6899 Intersection with Red Line at Point 1 D7 13704.9351 103513.0748 Corner point of Red Line D8 13708.7946 103518.7750 Intersection with Red Line at Point 2 Setting out coordinates of ramp E coordinatesreference No. left edge line (indirection of traffic flow) right edge line (in direction of traffic flow) remarks X Y X Y E1 13289.8549 103762.2745 13282.4440 103748.0378 Starting point of ramp E E2 13399.9956 103713.9716 13388.8863 103692.6298 E3 13452.9504 103690.9344 13441.8885 103665.8335 E4 13454.4295 103690.3266 13443.3290 103665.1272 End point of ramp E Setting out coordinates of the bridge coordinatesreference No. left side when viewed in direction from Shenzhentowards Hong Kong right side when viewed indirection from Shenzhentowards Hong Kong remarks X Y X Y 1 13289.8549 103762.2745 13272.0320 103728.0355 Starting point of the bridge 2 13062.1908 103880.7845 13044.3678 103846.5456 R—4000.000L—1084.173 Starting point of circular curve 3 12984.6664 103922.2340 12976.9429 103908.1645 Starting point of non-navigational channel bridge 4 12973.8151 103902.4666 12966.0916 103888.3970 5 12601.9866 104161.4909 12592.7203 104148.3860 Mid-point of circular curve 6 12588.9675 104143.0788 12579.7012 104129.9739 7 12252.1895 104439.5474 12241.5128 104427.5637 End point of non-navigational channel bridge 8 12237.1889 104422.7105 12226.5121 104410.7267 9 12249.8684 104441.6170 Boundary line between Guangdong and Hong Kong 10 12239.6169 104429.2539 11 12235.4652 104424.2470 12 12225.2138 104411.8839 13 12183.9276 104501.8003 12172.9756 104490.0676 End point of circular curve 14 12168.5402 104485.3160 12157.5883 104473.5833 Note: 1. Coordinates System is based on Shenzhen Independent Coordinates System. 2. L is the arc length, R is the radius and A is the parameter of the curve. Units are in metres. 3. Red Line is the boundary of the “Hong Kong Port Area at the Shenzhen Bay Port”.