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