RD1AGY
CONFIDEN TIAL
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.
IN TRODUCTION
1.
Her Majesty's Government agreed, during the Parliamen tary
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
Parliament informed of developments in Hong Kong, given
strong and con tinuing in terest in the territory.
to keep
Parliament's
2.
I t covers
This is the first annual report.
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.
to
The report contains a general survey of the main events in
Hong Kong in this period, covering the s teps already taken to
implement the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the steady progress
more representative government, the state of the economy, the social
and development programmes proposed by the Hong Kong Government,
refugees and security.
IMPLEMEN TATION OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION
II.
(a) Joint Declaration
on
an
and
an
4.
After two years of negotiations a draft agreement on Hong Kong
was initialled on behalf of the British and Chinese Governments
26 September 1984.
The people of Hong Kong were given
opportunity to express their views on the draft agreement,
Assessment Office was established to collate, analyse and asses S
these views. The Office reported in November 1984 that most of the
people of Hong Kong found the agreement acceptable. Their findings
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