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STATEMENT ON HONG KONG
With permission, Mr Speaker
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statement about our proposals confidence in
Hong Kong.
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The confidence of the people of Hong Kong has been
seriously shaken this year by events in China.
My rt
hon and learned Friend the Lord President told the
House on 6 June about the traumatic effect in Hong Kong
of the tragedy in Peking on 4 June, and reported to the
House on 5 July after he had paid a visit to the
territory. Many honourable and rt honourable members
have themselves visited Hong Kong since June. The
House Select Committee on Foreign Affairs gave a lucid
account of the problem in Hong Kong in their report of
28 June.
The Government must do al' it can to build a secure
future for Hong Kong on the basis of the Sino-British
Joint Declaration of 1984. We have a continuing
responsibility which we cannot shrug off and which will
involve us in many difficult decisions between now and
1997.
The problem of confidence is shown by increasing
emigration from the territory, and increasing numbers