SEE ITS STEADY AND ENDURING DEVELOPMENT. WHILE CONCERNTRATING ON OUT IMMEDIATE WORK. WE ALSO SER OUR EYES ON THE TWENTY- FIRST CENTURY. EXPAND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC EXCHANGES ON THE BASIS OF EQUALITY AND MUTUAL BENIFIT WILL NOT ONLY HELP PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF ALL COUNTRUIES BUT ALSO BE CONDUTIVE TO THE MAINTENANCE OF WORLD PEACE.
OVER THE YEARS O THERE HAS BEEN A GOOD DEVELOPMENT OF SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS ON THE BASIS OF THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE. COOPERATION
BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN THE ECONOMIC, TRADE, SCIENTIFIC, TECHNOLOGICAL, CULTURAL AND OTHER FIELDS HAS BEEN GROWING STEADILY, AND EXCHANGE OF VISITS HAS BEEN ON THE INCREASE. WITH THE SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT OF THE HONG KONG QUESTION, SINO-BRITISH FRIENDLY RELATIONS AND COOPERATION WILL UNDOUBTEDLY GROW AND DEVELOP FURTHER. THE PRIME MINISTER'S CURRENT VISIT IS SHORT BUT SUCCESSFUL. IT WILL CERTAINLY PUSH THE RELATIONS BETWEEN OUT TWO COUNTRIES TO A NEW HIGH. NOW I WISH TO AVAIL MYSELF OF THOS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE THANKS TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR KIND INVITATION. LOOK FORWARS TO MEETING THE PRIME MINISTER AGAIN IN LONDON.
NO, PROPOSE A TOAST, TO THE FORMAL SIGNING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG BY THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS, TO THE CONTINUOUS DEVELPMENT OF SINO-BRITISH FRIENDLY RELATIONS
AND COOPERATION, TO THE HEALTH OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH W, TO THE HEALTH OF THE RT HON PRIM MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER, TO THE HEALTH OF THE RT HON FOREIGN SECRETARY SIR GEOFFERY HOWE AND OTHER BRITISH FRIENDS,
TO THE HEALTH OF THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FROM HONG KONG WHO HAVE COME TO OBSERVE THE SIGNING
CEREMONY, AND TO THE
HEALTH OF ALL OTHER FRIENDS AND COMRADES PRESENT. ENOS.
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