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ANNUAL MEETING WITH THE ROYAL SOCIETY, 20 FEBRUARY
HONG KONG
Objectives
1.
To encourage the Royal Society to establish the kind of
links in Hong Kong which will be able to continue after
1997.
Points to make
- Britain will continue to have major political and economic
interests in Hong Kong after 1997.
- We will be setting up an important Consulate-General to
maintain and promote those interests
- Britain's prime political interest is in the long-term stability and prosperity of Hong Kong. We shall continue to
have a special relationship with Hong Kong, not only on
account of the past, but in view of our role as one of the
two co-signatories of the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
- The British Council will continue to have an important presence in Hong Kong after 1997.
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