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ELIN REGISTRY
16 DEC 1987
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7th Decumber 1987
Hong Kong Delegation
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Action. Token
Peter Hobđảy”
than
ten years Less
to go
now
before
puts up the
Hung Kong hauls down the Union Jack
the Union Jack and
As the count- Red Flag of the Peoples Republic of China.
sections of Hong Kong in earnest BO down bugins in
of about the
and the sirength the handover, aro worried
A 10-strong delegation
some
Britain's commitment in the interim,
direct
to
is in Britain today to
today to try to get the Government
introduce
ulection& to Hong Kong's Legislative
Council or
or LEGCO, for short, but neither Mrs. Thatcher it 18 Baid. timu to talk
nor Sir Geoffrey Howe have, to the delegation,
The delegation's leader is Martin Lee QC, a member of LEGCO and he's with me now. Good morning Councillor
Loe.
What is it you're hoping to get from the Governmont? Councillor Lee: Well we hoping to impress on the Govern- ment that in Hong Kong the Hong Kong Government's crodibility 18 suffering tremendously,
and a lot of
people are leaving Hong Kong and very few people belleve that the joint Agreement between the British and Chinese
Governments,
is likely signed on 19th December 1984, 10 work, 80 We are bringing all these messagus to her, but unfortunately wo are told that she and Sir Geoffrey have no time to see us.
P. Hobday: What's your feeling about that? Cllr. Lee: Well in fact if she
we
are happy to think they are
can find time. or if
Sir
find time later on, Geoffrey can find come to sue them, but
them, but quite frankly 1 ton ashamed to see us, becauso we are coming to remind them of the promises which have been made to the British Parliament and the people of Hong Kong, when the joint declaration was announced in 1984.
P.
to
Hobday: Recause implicit in what you say seems be the suggestion that maybe Britain
that maybe Britain is keeping quiet about such issues so as not to enrage Bejing.
Cllr.
Loe: Indeed,
¿
there and
is widespread opinion
In Hong Kong that when it comes to anything sensitive.
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