cover the situation in China as a whole and made it
certain that the resolution would fail.
11.
We hope very much that the United Kingdom
delegation will assist
together with other
European Community delegations in sponsoring and
supporting specific resolutions relating to the
human rights situation in China at the forthcoming
meeting of the Sub-commission to the Commission on
Human Rights and at the Commission's
year.
session next
B: Human Rights in Hong Kong
12.
We regard the situation of human rights in
China as inextricably linked to the future of Hong
Kong both before and after 1997.
Much of the
concern in Hong Kong about the resumption of the
exercise of sovereignty by China appears to derive
from fears over the loss of the existing protection
for rights in Hong Kong. In this context we would
raise the following specific points.
The Future of R.T.H.K.
13.
One of the guarantees of rights in Hong
Kong is an independent press and media free from
Government interference. In this regard, we would
urge that the present restructuring of R.T.H.K. be
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