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FM FCO 071400Z OCT 82
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 826 OF 7 OCTOBER
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PQS: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONG KONG
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MR ROBERT PARRY MP HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING TWO QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER:
2.
(A) QUOTE TO ASK THE PRIME MINISTER WHAT MATTERS WERE
DISCUSSED DURING HER RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG.'
(B) 'TO ASK THE PRIME MINISTER IF SHE WILL MAKE A
STATEMENT ON HER RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG. UNQUOTE PROPOSED ANSWERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(A) QUOTE I DISCUSSED A WIDE RANGE OF MATTERS WITH MANY
(B)
PEOPLE BOTH IN AND OUT OF GOVERNMENT.
NATURALLY MANY PEOPLE WISHED TO KNOW HOW MY VISIT
TO CHINA HAD GONE AND THE DISCUSSIONS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG. FOR MY PART,
AND
I PARTICULARLY WANTED TO HEAR THE VIEWS WISHES OF THE HONG KONG PEOPLE, AT ALL LEVELS,
AND TO STRESS THAT HMG'S COMMITMENT TO THEM IS AS STRONG AS EVER. UNQUOTE
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QUOTE THE MAIN PURPOSE OF MY VISIT TO HONG KONG WAS THREE-FOLD TO SEE HOW THINGS HAD CHANGED, SINCE MY LAST VISIT IN 1977, TO DEMONSTRATE BRITAIN'S COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND TO HEAR PEOPLE'S VIEWS ON THE FUTURE. MY PROGRAMME ENABLED ME TO MEET A VERY WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF PEOPLE AND MY VISITS TO CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY GAVE ME A VERY GOOD IDEA OF HOW HONG KONG CONTINUES TO THRIVE AND DEVELOP. ALL IN ALL IT WAS FOR ME A
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