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TRANSCRIPT J: SELECT COMMITTEE RE HONG KONG
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24 MAY 1989
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FROM JAMES LEE FOR COI RADIO TECHNICAL SERVICES
TRANSCRIPT OF MEETING OF
SELECT COMMITTEE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
ON WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 1989
TRANSCRIPT J - (CONTINUED FROM TRANSCRIPT I)
TIM RENTON :
The second half of your question: yes, I think that
is quite right and the French have relatively very small
connections with Hong Kong. They may therefore think it
worthwhile and appropriate to give these particular
exemptions to individuals whom their companies wish to
employ in Hong Kong.
I think the only in a sense more open-ended area
the statement made by Lady Young and Lord Glenarthur that
if any British national is in effect found in
difficulties, potentially in difficulties after 1997,
would expect the government of the day to give very
sympathetic consideration to that person being able to
is
We
come here, but that is a different sort of opening to that
which you described.