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Summary translation of the editorial from the Wen Wei Pao of 22 November 1989
w.15
ce. INtivational saha
for Nationality
should not be
Economic internationalisation
confused with political internationalisation. Investment by foreign countries in Hong Kong does
not mean that such countries can share the sovereignty over Hong Kong and can interefere with the internal affairs and administration of
Hong Kong.
Sovereignty is supreme and is inseparable from the right to
to govern and cannot be shared with other countries. Hitherto, the UK does not allow
foreign governments to share its administrative power over Hong Kong. The argument that pre-1997, the UK's right to govern cannot be internationalised but that post-1997, because foreign investors have ΠΟ confidence in China, the administrative and ruling strata of Hong Kong
should be internationalised is invalid. The
important task of maintaining foreign investment post-1997 is one for the HKSARG. This task accomplished by "international
in
cannot
be
participation
the
government" "international monitoring" of Hong Kong.
or
Some people are concerned that there would be "international participation in
participation in the government" of Hong Kong. First, the UKG have advocated at
many international conferences the international participation in the question of Hong Kong, Secondly the "multilateral
"multilateral emigration insurance scheme" has stong implications of political participation. The multilateral emigration plan and the UK nationality package are selective and will not be available to all people
people of Hong
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