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(iv) Chinese concerns about instability in
Hong Kong and their wish that British
withdrawal should not be precipitate;
(v)
the need for AMG and Hong Kong to
bolster local and Chinese confidence
well before 1997 in the ability of
local forces fully to maintain public
order before and after that date;
(vi) EKG concern that the role of the
garrison post-1993 should be seen to be
that of a symbol of BMG's commitment to
and sovereignty over Hong Kong, and not
as a final guarantor' of internal
security.
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