Special Administrative Region".
This provision is also
contained in the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984
which is an internationally binding agreement.
We ar
Dr Aston also refers to the development of democracy in Hong Kong. Lam surprised by Dr Aston's claim that there
has been no clear indication of when direct elections will
be held to the Hong Kong Legislative Council. A White Paper published by the Hong Kong Government in February/1988 made clear that direct elections would be held for the first time
in 1991. On 16 February 1990 Douglas Hurd announced in the House of Commons that 18 seats would be directly elected in
directly 1991 and at least 20 in 1995. I enclose a copy of his
statement.
ALRACR/2
hynte Challe
Éarl of Caithness