At the end of April 1995, the old Taiwan-Hong Kong commercial air pact expired. Because the new five-year pact would remain in effect beyond 1997, the present British Hong Kong government could not fully sanction the accord. It needed to be ratified by the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group (JLG), which had the participation of PRC officials.
去年四月底就到期的台港舊航約，因為五年一期的新約會「跨越九七」，即將退位的港英政府不能全權作主，必須經過有中共官員參與的「中（共）英聯合聯絡小組」批准。