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Prime Minister
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The Rt Hon Jack Ashley CH MP
House of Commons
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Thank you for your letter of 14 March about the Hong
nationality issue. I am grateful for your words of
encouragement
one and,
on the Agreement. We believe it is a good
as you say, good progress is being made in the
continuing Joint Liaison Group discussions.
of
I too am very much aware of the
been ex presse d by the pe o ple
directly, through
concerns which have
Hong Ko ng ei ther
the Legislative Council in Hong Kong or
through Members of Parliament.
I t i s
be cause of these
concerns
tha t we
a re
cons i de ration to the
th ree
giving
pro po sal s
the
most careful
to which you refer
in your
letter. Following
the
de ba te s
in Parliament
in
January we decided to
seek
further
infomation
which
would help us to
r ea ch
decisions.
This
info ma tion is
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