BOTTOM LINE
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obtain the best possible deal for Hong Kong which will preseve its
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For last In a complex and confidential negotiation it is not sensible to define an exact bottom line, let alone to reveal it. But in the last analysis the government is committed to reaching an agreement that is acceptable to the Chinese Government, to the people of Hong Kong and to this House. This is our bottom line.)