in the process. The final outcome would surely be much less favourable
for UKG than the present DCA. It would be so easy for LegCo to
stonewall and decline to vote funds for the DCA forthwith. Remember
that China has promised not to charge for its garrison in Hong Kong
after 1997.
10.
Much larger issues are at stake. It is important for both UKG and
HKG that the Garrison could achieve a dignified and orderly
withdrawal. The last thing anybody wants is an unseemly row over the
DCA. [ENDS.]