1 persuade those
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
wish
to
leave
to stay
here
and
take
their
who chance, as it were. They will make personal and family decisions based on their own perception of the future viability and safety of Hong Kong. But what we can do, and what China can strongly support us in doing, is to spell out as often as may be necessary, the many
for believing that Hong Kong has good reasons for believing that
secure, safe and happy future as an SAR with a unique and lasting relationship with
and within China.
a
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
an
constructive
and
Parole Rebublic of China
Fears of changes in PRE leadership
general
China
and policies can be laid to rest only over a period of time and
with
their established
supports track/record which contention that our local population have nothing to fear. has a heavy responsibility towards Hong Kong, and in getting this
across. reassuring message
from Quite apart ensuring that fundamental constitutional and operational policies affecting Hong Kong are enlightened and applied with sensitivity, China must also remember that good public relations are necessary How often in the past to explain these policies in layman's terms.
have we seen events
and sometimes. only the perception in China, that events are about to take place, cause serious concern in Hong
the Kong with
inevitable results. I need not catalogue these unhappy occasions since we are all only too well aware of them. E
That we have largely recovered from periodical upsets, can be attributed to the fact that the people of Hong Kong
Kong have
the Hong Kong
authorities, backed by the British Government, have held firm on
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
the maintenance
30
31
32
33
34
35
upset
and
36
have been,
of the
Or
have become,
status
aware
that
quo and
and have continued with
existing successful economic and social policies and programmes.
We
the
are
now moving
into
an
increasingly sensitive period in our constitutional development. We cannot afford to make mistakesy and especially mistakes
could
Worry
investors and businessmen.
that
local people
as
well
as
international
The loss of many trained executives and