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ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT (1985-86
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INTRODUCTION
1.
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Her Majesty's Government
agreed in
1985, during the
to
produce
Parliamentary debates on the Hong Kong Bill,
annual
reports on Hong Kong and to lay them before Parliament. The purpose
to keep Parliament informed
of this series of
is reports
developments in Hong Kong. 4a
2.
This is
e
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of
the second annual report. The first recorded events
the Qfrom the initialling of the draft Sino-British Joint Declaration on
Hong Kong in September 1984
in September 1984 to the end of October 1985. The present
report
the period from 30 October 1985 31 December 1986.
It
covers
to
is Her Majesty's Government's intention that each subsequent
report should cover a calendar year. <pa el.
3. D
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The report contains a general survey of the main events
It covers the visit to Hong Kong during this fourteen month period.
the territory of Her
in the Majesty
Queen, the
made progress
Sino-British Joint Declaration, progress towards
implementing
more
the
government, representative
reactions to the
civil service
matters,
local
construction of the Daya Bay nuclear power plant, economy, social and development programmes proposed by the Hong Kong Government, Vietnamese refugees and security. <a el20
the state of the
II.
STR EDWARD YOUDE &c hold
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The
news of
the sudden
death in
Peking of the Governor
of
promotion
of
of the
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Sir Edward Youde, GCMG, GCVO, MBE, in the early hours of 5 December 1986 was received by the people of
and sadness.
profound shock leading up to the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration
the
Question
His crucial role
Hong Kong with
in the negotiations
on
acknowledged
in
people were
the Hong Kong community and from overseas.
(Pacello)
and his
interests of
the Hong Kong
welfare
the many
tributes which poured in
selfless dedication
to the
and
of
its
from
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