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overwhelmingly accepted by the people of Hong Kong.
QUESTION
And yet, Mrs. Thatcher, the international treaties
were the ones that you cited two years ago when you went to Peking when at that point the Chinese Government had already
The treaties were stated that it wanted Hong Kong back.
what in the past two the ones you stood by at that time;
years caused the change?
PRIME MINISTER
As I have indicated, we have now freely entered into
a new Agreement which we regard as legally binding and our concern now is to implement that Agreement and to honour it
to the full - which both sides will.