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Speech
of the Budget
unnecessary, though the
the Library of the House.
6.
report
and half yearly economic
latter could perhaps be placed in
Such a format would
originally envisaged, and because
require rather more
work than
SO much of
it will be
We should
detail, could only be drafted in Hong Kong.
need to seek the Governor's views on it.
1.
As to
format,
series
receive
a im
to
White Paper in the Miscellaneous
would probably be mo re appropriate.
We would
December.
the Governor's speech in early November and could
publish it in London and Hong Kong in early
8. The Governor has proposed that he come back to the UK
to lend impact to the publication of
of the report, and has
offered to speak to the Anglo-Hong Kong Parliamentary
This seems likely to be helpful and his
here.
to
Association.
Presence would help to avoid any impression in Hong Kong
that the UK had lost interest in the territory. There
must be a considerable danger that the report, which will
contain little if anything new, will make little impact
There is no commitment to a Parliamentary debate on
the report and unless irresistible pressure we re develop it would probably be better to avoid having one,
in order to avoid establishing a precedent for an annual
debate, for which there was considerable pressure during the passage of the Hong Kong Act. The re has been ample
Parliamentary debate on Hong Kong in the course of this year and there will be further opportunities late in the year and early next year when the Nationality Order
before Parliament.
comes
9.
I attach a draft telegram to Hong Kong.
4 September 1985
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AC Galsworthy
Hong Kong Department