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''ACTION AS WELL AS WORDS' AND IF I COULD JUST POINT YOU TO TWO OF THOSE PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE BEEN CLEARLY UPPERMOST IN PEOPLE'S MINDS THIS WEEK: ONE IS NATIONALITY AND THE OTHER IS BOAT PEOPLE, AND I THINK THAT WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT IF THE UK GOVERNMENT COULD DO MORE TO HELP IN PRACTICAL WAYS IN THOSE TWO AREAS, I HAVE NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HONG KONG PEOPLE AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WOULD IMPROVE SUBSTANTIALLY.
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