322
KZCZ
HMLNAN 4077
CONFDENTIAL
DD 272330Z PEKIN
DD 27130OZ FCOLN
FM HOKON TO PEKIN
271135Z NOV
GRS 300
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
HKR 011/1
TO DESKBY 27233OZ PEKING
TELNO 1128
OF 171135Z NOVEMBER 85
INFO DESKBY 27130OZ FCO
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2 8 NOV 1965
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PA 01/1
1126 AND 1127 HONG KONG AGREEMENT : SECOND MEETING
OF THE JLG: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
FURTHER TO TURS, TWO OTHER UNOFFICIALS ALSO TOUCHED ON THE SUBJECT IN THEIR SPEECHES. EXTRACTS BELOW.
(A) MR T CLYDESDALE :
'LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN CONFIDENT THROUGHOUT ALL THE STAGES OF THE TRANISTION SET OUT IN THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON HONG KONG. THIS CAN BEST BE DONE BY
CONTINUING TO FOLLOW TRIED, TESTED AND PROVEN ECONOMIC AND
SOCIAL POLICIES. BUSINESS WILL NOT TAKE KINDLY TO CHANGE FOR CHANGE'S SAKE BUT ONLY WHEN A CASE HAS BEEN MADE OUT FOR IT AND WHEN IT WILL CLEARLY IMPROVE OUR FUTURE PROSPECTS. THE SYSTEMS WE HAVE DEVELOPED IN HONG KONG OVER MANY YEARS HAVE PROVED ENORMOUSLY SUCCESSFUL AND MUST NOT RE DISCARDED OR RADICALLY ALTERED WITHOUT VERY GOOD REASON. THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF A REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, MUST BE CONSIDERED IN THIS
LIGHT.'
(B) MR JOHN SWAINE :
TAKE (THE PROVISIONS OF PARAS 2, 3 AND 4 AND ANNEX 1, SECTION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION) TO BE CLEAR BEYOND QUESTION. IT IS FOR THE PRITISH GOVERNMENT TO BRING HONG KONG ALONG THE ROAD OF