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to
(d)
The next 12 years
overriding objective
transition
will not be easy.
should be
en sure
the
which
Our
a
is both smooth and which allows
people of Hong Kong to continue to enjoy prosperity, stability and the lifestyle they are
used to for 50 years after 1997.
(cafikerattacky) (e) With
ming usse
mitoffers
the
recent sensitisation of Hong Kong
opinion, proposals for constitutional development
will have to be scrutinised extremely closely.
to
I t will not be right or possible to transport
Westminster practices Locke, stock and barrel
Hong Kong.
6.
(f)
There
is
likely to be an acute period of une as e
in the early 1990s. We shall then have to pay
particular atention to the morale of the civil
service and police.
I have written to the Governor making these points.
A C Galsworthy
Hong Kong Department
1 August 1985
1.
This is a good despatch on an important historical event.
I have approved it for general distribution.
2.
I agree with the points made by Mr Galsworthy in para 5 above and have approved also his letter of comment to the Governor. The Minister may wish to read the despatch now and
The
pass it on to the Secretary of State for holiday reading.
1 August 1985
D C Wilson
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