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1.
Within these constraints IMG must examine the problem
in the medium and long-term. For the next 5 years and
beyond, the main objective must be the improvement of Hong
Kong's economic potential and prosperity and thus its value
to China, preservation of confidence among investors and the
public service, and contentment among the Hong Kong population,
against a background of the shortening Lease of the New
Territories. This will become increasingly difficult and
eventually impossible beyond some time in the second half
of this decade in default of arrangements for beyond 1997 that
are acceptable to investors and the population.
It is
therefore necessary to consider possible options for a
pre- or post-1997 settlement and the problems these will
raise.
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