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會協民公港香
HONGKONG CIVIC ASSOCIATION
D'AGUILAR STREET,
503 YIP FUNG BLDG,
HONG KONG
H-225584
TEL:
H-260474
街立己绪港旮
富三〇五夏大
H二二五五八四 H二六〇四七四
January 24, 1986
Mr. Timothy Renton, MP
Minister of State for Foreign &
Commonwealth Affairs
Foreigh & Commonwealth Office London.
ENGLAND
Dear Mr. Reuton.
I am writing this letter to you as Chairman of the Hong Kong Civic Association and as an elected Legislative Councillor.
I was grateful for the opportunity, together with other members of UMELCO, to attend the meeting last night during which you explained your thinking on the of views" on Hong Kong's political changes in the coming
years.
convergence
It hardly needs emphasizing that such "convergence" should take into full consideration the sentiments and views of the 5.5 million Hong Kong residents, firstly on the part of the British Government in the 1987 review of the development of representative government, and secondly by the Chinese Government during the drafting of the Basic law.
The common objective of both the British and the Chinese Governments is the stability and prosperity of Hong Kong, in accordance with the Joint Declaration. respect, the British Government should not lose sight of the
In this fact that there are many intelligent people in Hong Kong, especially professional people, who are concerned that Britain might not take sufficient cognizance of the views of Hong Kong people, and thus give the impression rightly or wrongly of a "sell out" of their fundamental interests.
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