VERMENT HOUSE HONG KONG.
WED MAR 93 07:28
PG.18
SECRET
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electoral arrangements for 1994
and
1995. That fact will be
in my
mind and in the minds of members of our
constantly
delegation.
7.
No one should imagine that these discussions are going
to be easy. They will not be. For our part, we will try
sincerely to achieve
success in
these talks, to narrow the
differences between both sides and to identify the common ground,
while remaining true to the undertakings we have given to you and
to the people of Hong Kong that the arrangements for the
elections should be fair, open, and acceptable to the community.
We
have not travelled this far lightly to abandon those
undertakings now. But equally we would be doing less than our
duty to the community we serve if we did not enter these talks
determined to try to the best of our ability to bring them to a
successful and honourable conclusion.
So we enter these
discussions in a positive spirit, while not underestimating the
difficulties of securing agreement on terms that could honourably
be recommended to the community whose best interests we seek to
serve.