HONG KONG
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 5 July 1989 香港立法局————————————一九八九年七月五日
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The FAC, while recognizing and realizing the gravity of the situation in Hong Kong following the recent bloody events in China, fails to recommend the proper action the British Government should take. The gist of the report, in my view, is that the FAC craves to be seen to be helping Hong Kong, but is loath to recommend that Britain pay any price.
The report recognizes that:
(a) confidence in Hong Kong has been shaken;
Para 1.1
(b) the situation has changed so completely that
positions have to be fundamentally reassessed;
Para 1.2
(c) the concerns which were identified during the
committee's visit had been intensified and required addressing even more urgently;
Para 1.5
(d) Hong Kong people cannot exercise the fundamental
right of self-determination;
Para 1.6
(e) it is of redoubled importance that Britain acts as a strong champion of Hong Kong's interest;
Para 1.9
(f) the People's Republic has demonstrated again its historically persistent unpredictability;
Para 1.10
(g) Hong Kong can least afford to lose those who
are emigrating because of uncertainty over the future.
Para 4.18
With such recognitions, Sir, particularly the People's Republic's demonstration again of its historically persistent unpredictability, it strikes me as to how the FAC still can say that it "believes that the Joint Declaration met Britain's unique obligation to Hong Kong".
The report asserts that:
(a) nothing should be done to cast any doubt on the
Joint Declaration and the British memorandum;
Para 4.18
(b) no Hong Kong BDTCs granted British
citizenship would be able to become the Chief Executive and so on.;
Para 4.8