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PORRIGE SEC P.C. HOTG YOG 4 JULY 1989
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8.
QUESTION (ATV) (CONTD);
In the past two months, many people in Hong Kong supported
To the British Government and to you, do the Beijing students.
you
think that this would jeopardise the concept of one country/two
systems and also put in jeopardy the Joint Declaration?
angle, do you think that such actions should stop?
From your
FOREIGN SECRETARY:
I understand, of course, the starting point being the Joint
I drew attention to the fact yesterday the Chinese
Declaration.
leaders had been reaffirming the importance of one country/two
systems. That in itself is not enough, but I am sure that the most
important thing to achieve is the flourishment of the system we have
sought to secure for Hong Kong here in Hong Kong and I think that it
must be sensible to concentrate on that.
If one is seeking to protect Hong Kong and the system we have
established here from dominance or interference by the other systan
in the other part of the country, then it must I think be sensible
to set about establishing our own system in the same way.
QUESTION (ABC_TEVS):
Sir Geoffrey, do you believe that there is anything that the
United States can or should do for Hong Kong moving towards 1997?