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ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG,
1990
I.
INTRODUCTION
1.
Her Majesty's Government agreed in 1985, during the
Parliamentary debates on the Hong Kong Bill, to produce annual reports on Hong Kong and to lay them before
Parliament. The purpose of this series of reports is to keep Parliament informed of developments in Hong Kong on a regular basis. This is the sixth such report, and it contains a survey of the main events in Hong Kong during
1990.
II.
VISITS TO HONG KONG BY MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY AND
GOVERNMENT MINISTERS
2.
The frequency of high level British visits to Hong Kong
is a measure of the importance the Government attach to the
affairs of the Territory. His Royal Highness the Duke of
Edinburgh, and Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra
with the Hon Sir Angus Ogilvy each visited Hong Kong in
November 1990. There have been visits by the following
Ministers: by Mr Michael Howard, Secretary of State for
Employment, in September 1990; by Mr Francis Maude, Minister
of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in April and
July 1990 and by his successor, Lord Caithness in September
1990. There were also visits by Mr Tim Sainsbury, Minister
for Trade and Mr David Mellor, Minister for the Arts, in
September 1990; and by Mr John Maples, Economic Secretary to
the Treasury in November 1990.
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