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TRANSCRIPT B: HONG KONG SELECT COMMITTEE AKKTING
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22 MAR 69
FOREIGE SECRETARY
QLORIDO:
conventions and retention of the rights and freedoms and if Hong Kong wished to localise and enact those things more specifically into a Bill of Rights for Hong Kong, then there would be, do 1 understand it, no nhjection tu thai.
CHAIRMAN:
Secretary of State. without wishing to get ourselves involved in the internal affairs of the People's Republic of China, nevertheless, certain events within the Chinese empire recently have caused concerned when looking at the future of human rights beyond 1997.
Bar our ambassador
and indeed yourself
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have you made representations to the Government of China to make sure that they understand how sensitive this issue is in the lead-up to 1997 and
myon?
FOREIGN SECRETARY:
Yes, we obviously do retain very close contact with what is happening in China, not only on the legal and political front, but also on the economic front because the development of the debate there is of great importance and we do also therefore acknowledge the importance of the Chinese Authorities' commitment tu respecting human rights and recent events, for example, the recent
as I have said before events in Tibet, have led us
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tu make