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HE REJECTED THE IDEA THAT BRITAIN IS INCREASING RATHER THAN REDUCING STATELESSNESS WITH THE NON-ETHNIC MINORITIES. THE UK MEMORANDUM ON NATIONALITY SPECIFICALLY DOES NOT EXCLUDE THE PROVISION OF BRITISH CONSULAR PROTECTION FOR NON CHINESE BNOS OR BOCS IN HK SAR. ON STATELESSNESS HE SAID THE MEMORANDUM HAS PROVIDED FOR DESCENDENTS OF FORMER BDTCS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE STATELESS FOR 2 GENERATIONS AFTER 1997. THEN THE RIGHT COURSE WOULD BE FOR THEM TO BECOME CHINESE NATIONALS.
ON WHETHER THIS WAS JUST POSTPONING STATELESSNESS, HE SAID THERE WAS A LIMIT TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH UK CAN GO ON PROVIDING PROVISION FOR PEOPLE. NOT POSSIBLE FOR UK TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THE POSITION AFTER 1997.
ON POLITICAL OPINION IN HK HE SAID THERE WOULD BE ALL SORTS OF SHADES OF OPINION COMING FORWARD AND THIS WOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE 1987 REVIEW AND WOULD THEN TAKE SHAPE IN THE 1988 ELECTIONS. HEALTHY RATHER THAN DEVISIVE.
ON POLITICAL REFORM, HK IS TAKING STEP BY STEP APPROACH AND WE WILL SEE HOW EACH STEP DEVELOPS IN TERMS OF HK. 1987 WILL BE THE NEXT IMPORTANT PHASE AND ALL HK PEOPLE WILL BE FEEDING IN OPINIONS THROUGH DBS ETC
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CHINESE GOVT
GREAT SUCCESS HAS BEEN MADE OF JOINT DECLARATION. RESPONSIBLE FOR DRAFTING BASIC LAW +BOTH GOVTS ALIVE TO EACH OTHER'S CONCERNS AS WELL AS TO THE VIEWS OF HK PEOPLE+
ON WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH FILES ON POLITICAL INDIVIDUALS IN HK HE SAID THIS IS A MATTER FOR THE HK GOVT.
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ON WESTERN STYLE DEMOCRACY, HE SAID IT IS NOT FOR ME OR MY PARLIAMENTARY COLLEAGUES TO PREACH WESTMINSTER STYLE DEMOCRACY. IT IS UP TO THE PEOPLE OF HK TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVE GOVT OVER THE YEARS AHEAD. NOT PREACHING FOR WESTMINSTER OR AGAINST WESTMINSTER, +EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN HK MUST BOTH REFLECT THE WISHES AND DESIRES OF THE HK PEOPLE BUT IT MUST ALSO AIM TO PROMOTE AND CONTINUE THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY WHICH IS AT THE HEART OF HK'S ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE LAST GENERATION. OUR JOB IS, WITH AND THROUGH THE HK GOVT, TO +ADVISE IF OUR ADVICE IS ASKED AND TO HELP YOU DEVELOP THE SORT OF SYSTEM THAT SUITS HK AND REFLECTS THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE OF HKet
THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF AVENUES FOR PEOPLE IN HK TO MAKE THEIR VIEWS KNOWN.
ON SUGGESTION THAT UK'S ACCEPTANCE OF VRS WILL ONLY COVER NATURAL GROWTH, MR RENTON SAID THAT HE COULD NOT PUT SPECIFIC FIGURE ON VK'S ACCEPTANCE. TAKING 500 HAD LED TO CLOSE DISCUSSION WITH A NUMBER OF GOVTS AND THERE WERE FAVOURABLE INDICATIONS THAT OTHER COUNTRIES, FOR EXAMPLE AUSTRALIA, ARE PREPARED TO TAKE A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER.
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