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MIPT: HONG KONG AGREEMENT:
PARLIAMENT
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OFFICER
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RESTRICTED: ANNUAL REPORT TO
FOLLOWING IS REVISED TEXT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT.
BEGINS.
ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG
1984-85
(PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN
AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY, DECEMBER
1985)
I.
INTRODUCTION
1. HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT AGREED, DURING THE PARLIAMENTARY
DEBATES ON THE HONG KONG BILL, TO PRODUCE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON
HONG KONG AND TO LAY IT BEFORE PARLIAMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS
REPORT IS TO KEEP PARLIAMENT INFORMED OF DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG
KONG, GIVEN PARLIAMENT'S STRONG AND CONTINUING INTEREST IN THE
TERRITORY.
2. THIS IS THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT. IT COVERS THE PERIOD FROM
THE INITIALLING OF THE DRAFT SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON HONG KONG
IN SEPTEMBER 1984 TO THE OPENING OF THE 1985/86 SESSION OF HONG
KONG'S LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY THE GOVERNOR ON 30 OCTOBER 1985.
3. THE REPORT CONTAINS A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE MAIN EVENTS IN
HONG KONG IN THIS PERIOD, COVERING THE STEPS ALREADY TAKEN TO
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