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ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT 1985-86 by bag
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I.
INTRODUCTION
1.
Her Majesty's Government agreed in 1985, during the Parliamentary debates on the Hong Kong Bill, to produce annual reports on Hong Kong and to lay them before Parliament. The purpose
this series of reports is to keep Parliament
developments in Hong Kong.
of
2.
informed
of
This is the second annual report. The first recorded events
from the initialling of the draft Sino-British Agreement on Hong
Kong in September 1984 to the end of October 1985. The present
report covers
to 31 December 1986. the period from 30 October 1985
It is Her Majesty's Government's intention that each subsequent
report should cover a calendar year.
3.
in The report contains a general survey of
survey of the main events Hong Kong during this fourteen month period. It covers the visit to
the
of territory
Her Majesty the Queen, the
in
implementing the Sino-British Joint Declaration,
more
civil government,
service
made progress
progress
matters,
towards
Local
representative
reactions to
to the construction of the Daya Bay nuclear power plant, the state of the economy, social and development programmes proposed by the Hong Kong Government, refugees and security.
II.
SIR EDWARD YOUDE
4.
The news of the sudden death in Peking of the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Edward Youde, GCMG, GCVO, MBE, in the early hours of
5
1986 December
was
profound shock and
sadness.
the received by
people
role His crucial
of Hong Kong with
in the negotiations
Leading up to the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on
the
Question
of
Hong
promotion
of the
and
of interests
Kong
his
selfless
dedication
to
the
Hong Kong
and the
welfare of
its
people were acknowledged in the many tributes which poured in from
the Hong Kong community and from overseas.
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