The World - News from Jan. 8, 1987

Portugal has agreed to return the territory of Macao to China in 1999 in accordance with Chinese wishes, sources close to the negotiations in Lisbon said. The two countries are expected to sign an agreement on the transfer after a final round of talks in Peking later this month, the sources said. Chinese leaders have said they want Macao to become a special administrative region--much like Hong Kong, 40 miles away, which reverts to Chinese control with the end of British rule in 1997. China’s crumbling imperial government ceded Macao to Portugal in 1887.