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TELEGRAM NUMBER 3605 OF 26 NOVEMBER
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MIPT: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: UMELCO VISIT TO LONDON
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1. FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE STATEMENT:
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS ON
INTRODUCTION
29 NOVEMBER 1984
THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG
UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL+ (UMELCO) HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AWARE OF THE CONCERN OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ABOUT THEIR FUTURE, AND ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR IN MAY 1982, THE SENIOR MEMBER STRESSED PUBLICLY THE IMPORTANCE AND URGENCY TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG OF THE SATISFACTORY RESOLUTION OF THIS ISSUE.
SINCE THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG BEGAN IN LATE 1982, UMELCO HAVE RECEIVED MANY REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT HONG KONG'S FUTURE UP TO AND BEYOND 1997.
BEFORE THE DEBATES TOOK PLACE IN THE TWO HOUSES OF BRITISH PARLIAMENT IN MAY THIS YEAR, UMELCO SENT A DELEGATION TO LONDON AND ISSUED A STATEMENT TO REFLECT THE ANXIETIES AND WISHES OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG: THERE THEY LISTED, INTER ALIA, THE FOUR MOST IMPORTANT CRITERIA BY WHICH THE ACCEPTABILITY OF THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WOULD BE JUDGED.
BRIEFLY, THESE ARE, FIRST, THAT THE AGREEMENT MUST CONTAIN FULL DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE, LEGAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS APPLICABLE IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997: SECOND, THAT IT MUST STATE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE BASIC LAW WILL INCORPORATE THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT: THIRD, THAT IT MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE AND WORKABLE ASSURANCES THAT THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT WILL BE HONOURED: AND FOURTHLY, THAT THE RIGHTS OF HONG KONG BRITISH NATIONALS MUST BE SAFEGUARDED.
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