Lord Shawcross GBE QC 60 Victoria Embankment LONDON
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From The Minister of State
4 February 1993
Mr buite pa. важе
Thank you for your letter of 28 January.
I think we shall have to agree to differ on whether it would have been better to hold consultations with the Chinese before the Governor made the proposals public. I will only observe that recent experience with the course you advocate has not been particularly promising. On the Court of Final Appeal we negotiated an agreement with the Chinese only to have it rejected by the Hong Kong Legislature. On the New Airport we signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese after long negotiations, but the Chinese have been very obstructive in implementation, and there is still no agreement on financing the
Airport.
that
its
As I have said before the Governor's proposals are just that proposals and certainly not "concluded proposals". We have made clear that we would welcome counter-proposals and indeed there have been
indications There have been some
the Chinese are taking a more moderate line in public. We have told them repeatedly, on
occasion, that every any aspect of the
many.
discussions on
preconditions. We are serious about that.
we have not yet had a response.
Your sincerely
da,
we are
proposals,
ready
for without
But, disappointingly,
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Chather of Wallasey
BARONESS CHALKER OF WALLASEY
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