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has helped.
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Both sides have taken advantage of this
to speak and to forewarn as well as to transact
business quietly and naturally.
This relationship
has been built up without prior negotiation or
definition, and without any official recognition of
the de facto official status of the officials on the
Chinese side. It has developed over the last three
years as a result of the persistent design and policy. of the Hong Kong Government, which has gradually come
to be met with comprehension and acceptance by the
Chinese who have indeed gained much by it in Hong
Kong.
This evolution in local relations between
the Hong Kong Government and Chinese officials has
been achieved without the unsettling impact on public confidence that would have attended the dramatic
innovation of official recognition of the Chinese
mission.
7.
The visit of The Queen and Prince Philip
was of great significance in this enigmatic relationship. It was the first of a reigning monarch and a great event in itself for Hong Kong. The rapport which the visitors immediately established with the population, and the latter's happy reaction, were a personal triumph
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