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HONG KONG ANNUAL REVIEW
1.
I submit the Governor's Annual Review for 1982-83.
Sir
E Youde took the view that it would be better to send his Review
in May this year, after his first full year in office. It thus
appears one year after Lord MacLehose's Valedictory Despatch.
2. The Governor has requested that his Despatch be given a
limited circulation because it touches on sensitive aspects on
the future of Hong Kong and on measures needed to maintain
confidence. Lord MacLehose's Valedictory Despatch was similar
in this respect. On that occasion instead of producing a sanitised version for the General Series, we gave it a very limited distribution. I propose to do the same this time and limit
circulation to the recipients of this minute, and on a personal
basis to the Private Secretaries of the Secretaries of State
for Trade and Defence. I have thanked the Governor for the
despatch.
3.
The Governor's arrival a year ago fuelled speculation about the future of Hong Kong. This was further intensified by
the Prime Minister's visits to China and Hong Kong last September.
Since then, as the Governor reports, concern about the future
has been uppermost in everyone's minds, and has affected almost
every aspect of life in Hong Kong.
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