DELEGATION FOR DEMOCRACY IN HONG KONG
For Immediate Release
Monday, December 7th, 1987
Delegation Seeks Urgent Action by Britain in Hong Kong
A delegation of Hong Kong community leaders arrived in London
today to impress on the British Government and Parliament the
gravity of the confidence crisis in Hong Kong and the urgent
need for remedial action.
Led by Martin Lee Q.C., a barrister and an elected member of
Hong Kong's Legislative Council, the delegation
includes
Legislative Councillors, District Board Members, business
executives, professionals, academics and leaders of labour and
student groups, and is representative of a diverse and
wide spread of public opinion.
The delegation has requested meetings with the Prime Minister,
Mrs Margaret Thatcher, and the Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey
Howe, who were architects of the 1984 Sino-British agreement on
Hong Kong. But the delegation has been told that "neither