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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1983
THE QUEEN REAFFIRMS BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S AIMS OVER HK'S FUTURE
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IN HER SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY), HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, REAFFIRMED THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S AIMS IN NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
AT THE COLOURFUL CEREMONY TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE NEW SESSION OF PARLIAMENT, ATTENDED BY BOTH LORDS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, HER MAJESTY REFERRED TO HONG KONG VERY EARLY.IN HER SPEECH WHICH OUTLINES THE GOVERNMENT'S MAIN PROPOSALS FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION 1983/84.
HER MAJESTY SAID: +MY GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO FULLY DISCHARGE THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLAND. THEY REAFFIRM THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF GIBRALTAR.
+THEY WILL CONTINUE TALKS WITH CHINA ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, WITH THE AIM OF REACHING A SOLUTION ACCEPTABLE TO THIS PARLIAMENT, TO CHINA AND TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.+