GRS 100
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM PEKING 240627Z JAN 85
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 101 OF 24/1/85
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
HKK 040/2
HONG KONG BILL: SECOND READING:
CHINESE PRESS COVERAGE
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1. PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 24 JANUARY REPORTED ON ITS INTERNATIONAL PAGES THAT THE HONG KONG BILL HAD
RECEIVED ITS SECOND READING, IN A DEBATE LASTING SIX HOURS.
THE REPORT QUOTED YOU AS SAYING
THAT THE AGREEMENT SHOULD BE RATIFIED AND IMPLEMENTED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE AND STRENGTHEN CONFIDENCE
IN HONG KONG FOLLOWING PUBLICATION AND SIGNATURE OF THE AGREEMENT.
IT FURTHER REPORTED YOUR REMARK THAT SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION
MARKED A BEGINNING AND NOT AN ENDING: THERE WAS MUCH WORK
TO BE DONE BETWEEN NOW AND 1997 WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE CLOSEST COOPERATION WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
THOMSON
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER) PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARD ING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
MR J CROWLEY, PUSD
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE
MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE MR COLVIN, CABINET OFFICE
SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST MREMERY BY HO CROYDON (2)
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
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