**CHINA MUST GIVE THE HONG KONG PEOPLE A ROLE
IN THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW FOR THE
SAR.... THE BASIC LAW IS AS IMPORTANT A
BLUEPRINT FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE AS IS THE
JOINT DECLARATION. WHAT THE JOINT
DECLARATION DID NOT DEAL WITH IN DETAIL
SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE BASIC LAW.''
HK OBSERVERS
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
29.10.84
3.23
**THIS IS A HISTORICAL MOMENT FOR HONG KONG
AND WE NEED TO RE-EXAMINE OUR ROLES AND
OBLIGATIONS. THE JOINT DECLARATION HAS ONLY
PROVIDED A BASIS: THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF
HONG KONG DEPEND ON HER PEOPLE'S CONTINUOUS
EFFORTS AND FURTHER COMMITMENTS TO BE MADE
ON THE EXISTING FOUNDATION.''
(TRANSLATION)
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
STUDENTS' UNION
IN A NUMBER OF CASES, PEOPLE EXPRESSED SADNESS AT
THE SEVERANCE OF THE LINK WITH BRITAIN AND THE
SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEM IT HAS PROVIDED: DISAPPOINTMENT AT
BRITAIN'S INABILITY TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO: RESENTMENT
AT THE LACK OF INVOLVEMENTM IN THE TALKS AND FRUSTRATION AT
THE FACT THAT THE DRAFT AGREEMENT COULD NOT BE ALTERED.
*'I BELONG TO THE MIDDLE INCOME GROUP WHO DO
NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO EMIGRATE TO OTHER
COUNTRIES AND BECAUSE I WAS BORN AND
EDUCATED IN HONG KONG I WOULD WISH TO STAY
IN HONG KONG. FOR THE PURPOSE OF YOUR
STATISTICS YOU CAN CLASSIFY ME AS ONE OF
THOSE WHO WOULD ACCEPT THE DRAFT AGREEMENT
BUT I HOPE YOU WILL ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
THAT I ONLY ACCEPT IT WITH MUCH RELUCTANCE
AND WITH MANY RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE
FEASIBILITY OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION. MY HEART
IS NOT TRULY AT EASE AND I HAVE NO FULL CONFIDENCE IN
OUR FUTURE. THE WHOLE THING HAS NOT BEEN A VERY
FAIR PLAY TO US BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY SAY
AND THERE IS NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE OTHER THAN NOT
TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT AT ALL.''
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