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行政立法兩局非官守議員辦 *
Translation of the Full Text of a Chinese Speaking Note made by Sir S Y CHUNG, Miss Lydia DUNN & Mr Q W LEE
During their Meetings with Chairman Deng Xiaoping and Mr Ji Pengfei in Beijing on 23rd June 1984
We are honoured to have the opportunity during our visit to Beijing to meet with Chairman Deng Xiaoping and other
Chinese leaders to have an exchange of views about the future of
Hong Kong.
Being Chinese, we support the recovery of the
sovereignty of Hong Kong and China's reunification plan,
especially since China has formally announced that after 1997, Hong Kong will become a Special Administrative Region having a
high degree of autonomy and administered by local people; and that the existing systems will remain unchanged for fifty years.
The British Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe
announced on 20th April 1984 that Britain will return the
sovereignty of Hong Kong to China in 1997. This has helped to clarify the future of Hong Kong. However, it has not helped to boost the confidence of the people of Hong Kong. People remain
anxious and worried and they are filled with uncertainties. anxiety is not limited to those with money. They affect workers
and ordinary citizens alike. This is a fact and we feel it our
duty to reflect this situation honestly.
This
The current worries of the people of Hong Kong concern the periods before 1997 and that after 1997.
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