•
(17a)
(including the "II-year-old Committee planning, Butish
withdrawal
Foreign Office, (b) certain selected MP's, most of whom belong to the lap-dog body known as the 'Anglo-Hongkong Parliamentary Group' and (c) top circles in Hongkong's government and big business.
What I want you to do as you read these extracts is to note care fully where
the cuts occur and the precise context and then ask yourself the following
question: If everything is so satisfactory in Anglo-Chinese relations about
Hong Kong, if China has, in fact, declared itself happy about the continued
existence of Hongkong in its present form, if no change is on the way, then
WHAT THE HELL ARE THESE CUTS FOR?
from HK