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QUESTION
Nrs. Thatcher, do you think that the principle
one country-two systems will be as successful in relation
to Taiwan as in Hong Kong?
PRINE MINISTER
I have no locus on Taiwan!
QUESTION
Mrs. Thatcher, you are reported to have said in
Peking that Deng Xiaoping laid down a time limit to these
negotiations being completed. Do you feel that Britain
was rushed into signing this Agreement?
PRIME MINISTER
I think the
No, we were not rushed into signing it.
I do think full amount of the detail demonstrates that,
that when you have a target like that you do get decisions
because you are up against a time limit, but equally, you
get the extra attention and the total concentration which we
had, and I believe, as I indicated when we started these negotiations, that it would be beneficial for Hong Kong to
get an agreement, so that people had confidence in what was
going to happen after 1997 and, of course, we were already
under pressure because of some of the land transactions, and
therefore we did need urgently to work towards an agreement
and I am very glad that we took that decision and very pleased
with the Agreement.