THE RT. HON. TIM RENTON, M.P.
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HKD FOR DRAFT REPLY FROM MR GEODINA
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22nd October 1992
The Rt. Hon. Alistair Goodlad, M.P.,
Minister of State,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
Whitehall,
SW1A 2AH.
Mr. Morris
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Dean Alistair
I have
just come back from an
extremely useful and
interesting visit to Hong Kong, organised by the Hong Kong
Government.
to
I was particularly pleased
be in Legco for the Governor's first and important Address.
This seemed to be extremely well crafted.
It was certainly extremely well received in Hong Kong by all we spoke to, from taxi drivers to civil servants, and only a small minority of businessmen were worried about the inevitable reaction from China.
They are
I called on the British Council offices. concerned that eight of their staff will have to re-apply for British passports. They handed me the attached piece of paper and they are particularly concerned about some of the names on this piece of paper, although I said that I doubted it was possible for any cases to be re-opened for the first round.
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Tim