1989-06-12 17:28 COI RADIO TECH SERVICES.
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TRANSCRIPT B; SELECT COMMITTEE ON HONG KONG
12 JUNE 1989
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MR. PETER SHORE:
I suppose that the most important thing of all in
the minds of the people of Hong Kong is really not so much
the further drafting and re-drafting of the Draft Basic
Law,
but whether in fact the people can have any faith in
the Joint Declaration itself and, indeed, its maintenance
by the Chinese. Government after 1997?
SIR DAVID VILSOF:
That is certainly the sort of thing which is being
said at the moment in the immediate aftermath of what has
been happening in China.
CHAIRMAN;
Do you think China has breached the Treaty?
SIR DAVID VILSON:
Bo, Mr. Chairman. Nothing that has happened has
breached the Treaty.
MR. TED ROWLANDS:
May I briefly pursue the point that Mr. Shore has
been putting to you, Governor, because in Article 14 of
the Draft Law it also says: "The Government of Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region may in times of need ask the
Central People's Government for assistance from the
garrison for the maintenance of public order."