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He
said that
if such
a
multinational insurance
policy
could be
established, extending perhaps through the end
of
this
century,
it
give
the
to
would
remain in the territory, where most of them would
people of Hong Kong the
confidence
like to stay,
knowing that if the worst came to the worst they
would have the opportunity to relocate.
LA A..
I n answer tu
a
question he said he did not think
that such a policy would lead to a mass exodus from Hong Kong as
stay there if they knew they had
turned out badly after the Chinese
people
be would
happy to
somewhere to go if
things
takeover.
Beijing
the
"It might perhaps even give the authorities in
an even greater incentive to conduct themselves over
course of the next several years in a way which was sensitive to
concerns of the people of Hong Kong knowing, as they would
under those
that if they botched it all up when
arrived in 1997 a lot of the people who make Hong Kong go
the
they
circumstances,
would no longer be around."
Congressman Solarz said Britain had the primary
in such
an
insurance
but policy,
ít
was
a
responsibility
responsibility that was shared by other countries and would be
best approached in a multilateral context.
said,
the
United
States could be
Pending an agreement on such an arrangement, he
helpful ០៧
own by
increasing the immigration opportunities for Hong Kong people.
its
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