CRS 200
UNCLASSIFIED
DESKBY FCO 16093OZ
DESKBY HONGAID 160930Z
FM HONG KONG 160900Z
JAN 35
HKK 040/
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16 JAN 1985
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TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 137 OF 16 JANUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING AND UKMIS NEW YORK (FOR SIR E YOUDE }
MIPT : HONG KONG BILL : SECOND READING : UMELCO DELEGATION
THE FOLLOWING IS THE PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY UMELCO :
BEGINS:
UMELCO DELEGATION TO LONDON FOR HONG KONG BILL DEBATE
AT A MEETING OF UMELCO THIS MORNING IT WAS DECIDED THAT A SMALL DELEGATION OF THREE MEMBERS SHOULD GO TO LONDON TO ATTEND THE DEBATE ON THE HONG KONG BILL. THE BILL WILL BE DEBATED IN PARLIAMENT ON MONDAY, 21ST JANUARY AND IT IS INTENDED THE DELEGATION SHOULD BRIEF MP'S ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING AN UNDERTAKING TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG REGARDING THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL WHICH MAY BE MADE UNDER THE BILL. THE DECISION WAS PARTICULARLY INFLUENCED BY THE UNEXPECTED TABLING OF AN AMENDMENT BY MR. ENOCH POWELL OBJECTING TO THE PROPOSED ORDER IN COUNCIL ARRANGEMENT WHICH WOULD ALLOW
THE LAW ON CITIZENSHIP TO BE ALTERED.
TWO MEMBERS OF THE UMELCO DELEGATION, MISS MARIA TAM AND MR. PETER C. WONG, WILL LEAVE TONIGHT IN ORDER TO MEET A NUMBER OF MP'S ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BEFORE THE WEEKEND.
THE LEADER OF THE DELEGATION, SIR S.Y. CHUNG, BECAUSE OF HIS COMMITMENT TO AN ENGAGEMENT IN PEKING ON FRIDAY, WILL JOIN THE
DELEGATION IN LONDON ON SUNDAY.
THE DELEGATION WILL MEET WITH OFFICIALS OF THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND HOPEFULLY WITH MINISTERS. THEY WILL MEET
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