CLOSING PASSAGE
Let me end by recalling the fundamentals of our
approach to the negotiations on Hong Kong's future.
Our
aim can be simply stated. It is to make arrangements for
a high degree of autonomy for Hong Kong under Chinese
sovereignty after 1997. It is also to provide the greatest
possible continuity both of systems and of lifestyle for
the Hong Kong people. We are, to this end, working for
a detailed and binding agreement with China which would
enshrine such arrangements. Confidence has been a central
theme of this debate. And a satisfactory agreement along
these lines is, I believe, the surest way to maintain the
confidence of the people of Hong Kong and of those outside
who trade and invest there.
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Our complex and difficult negotiations with the Chinese
Government continue. We are still some way from an agreement
and a number of points remain to be resolved. But a good
deal of progress has been made: and we see our good relations
with China, and the Chinese Government's publicly expressed
desire to see Hong Kong's economic system and lifestyle remain
unchanged, as a basis on which we can build. We believe that,
on both sides, there is a will to overcome the remaining obstacles and bring our work A a successful conclusith. Our aim is
obstacles and to achievq an agreement which will satisfy the
concerns of the people of Hong Kong, and which we can honourably
commend to this House.
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