1989-06-12 21:13 COI RADIO TECH SERVICES.
01 '928 8607 P.18
Bran
TRANSCRIPT E SELECT COMMITTEE ON HONG KONG 12 JULE 1989
FROM BGNG FOR COI RADIO TECHNICAL SERVICES
TRAFECRIPT OF MEETING OF
THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
IN LONDON, OF MONDAY, 12 JUB 1989
TRANSCRIPT É (CONTINUED FROM TRANSCRIPT D)
SIR DAVID VILSON (COFT):
Now although at the moment it counds odd perhaps to
be talking about the Basic Law, at some stage we are going
to have to come back to a Basic Law which will be
establishing the situation post-1997.
So we would have to be as reasonably sure 40
could be that whatever was put in place before 1997 was
going to last after 1997, otherwise you are simply
building up something for your own pleasure which is not
going to go on.
MR ROWLANDS:
1 an sorry, I think your statement does actually
reaffirm my instinct about what you are saying.
Are you
suggesting that the Chinese would in any way reject, if we
were to establish a Legislative Council by 1997 of say 75
percent directly elected, that they would seek in the