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IF FOLLOWS THAT ACCEPTABILITY WILL DEPEND ON THE AGREEMENT NOW
BEING NEGOTIATED:
CONTAINING FULL DTAILS OF THE PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE, LEGAL, SOCIAL
AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS APPLICABLE AFTER 1997:
PROVIDING ADEQUATE AND WORKABLE ASSURANCES THAT THE TERMS OF THE
AGREEMENT WILL BE HONOURED:
STATING THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE BASIC LAW WILL INCORPORATE THE
PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT:
GUARANGTEEING THAT THE RIGHTS OF BRITISH NATIONALS WILL BE
SAFEGUARDED
WE BELIEVE THAT MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WILL WISH TO TAKE ACCOUNT
OF OUR VIEWS. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THESE VIEWS ARE AN ACCURATE
REFLECTION OF THE VIEWS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE AS A WHOLE, TO WHOM
THE IMMINENT WITHDRAWAL, OF THE BRITISH LINK HAS BEEN A GREAT, IF
NOT ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED, DISAPPOINTMENT.
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