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Strictly Personal..
Mr. Martin Lee, Q.C.,
704 Admiralty Centtes,
Tower 1,.
Central, Hong Kong..
Dear Mr. Lee,
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Re Basic Law
c/o John Miller,
Esq.
Law Faculty,
Victoria University,
Wellington,,
New Zealand.
January 9th 1986.
Definitely, the best thing to do is to keep quiet and simply find ways to emigrate..
It is foreseeable, based on. the truth and concrete facts, the future of hong kong may be very gloomy indeed when the British Govern- ment may not be around to brighten up Hong Kong any more.
Therefore,, it is most courageous of you to speak up and above all, to get involved in doing something to give people hope to carry on, so as to make miracles happen.
The theme of this letter is that the Basic Law based on the Draft Agreement will certainly come out like a straw which a drowning man will catch at.
Nevertheless, many people would like to see that both the Chi- nese Government and the British Government co-operate with each other harmoniously and closely to see to the stability and prosperity in Hong Kong now and after 1997.
If it is at all possible to declare the Draft Agreement to be null and void, it is indeed wonderful, fantastic, terrific and marvel- lous, to put all the current British Law together with the British ad- ministration in the Basic Law, and keep English as an offical language only in Hong Kong while more first class British officers must be in- vited and employed to come and serve Hong Kong, including a British. Governor in Hong Kong plus keeping the British Police Force and British Garrison in Hong Kong after 1997 for a period of at least 50 years, in order to guarantee the stability and prosperity in Hong Kong..
To have a high degree of autonomy, of course, it must also put in the Basic Law that (1) whenever any British. officer does not serve hong kong well, people of Hong Kong have the right to dismiss such an officer right. away and request a better one to come and serve Hong Kong; (2) as regard to the legal system, the Privy Council for Hong
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