TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1984
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THE SECOND KIND OF QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT AND THE THIRD KIND WERE THOSE WHICH ONLY HISTORY AND TIME COULD ANSWER.
MISS TAM SAID SHE BELIEVED THAT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CHINA HAD GOOD FAITH TO FULFIL THE DRAFT AGREEMENT AND THE COMMITMENTS SET OUT IN THE EXCHANGE OF MEMORANDA.
+ DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT HONG KONG CAN ONLY AFFORD TO SUCCEED BUT NOT TO FAIL IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 'ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS',+ SHE STRESSED.
MORE AUTONOMY OFFERED IN DRAFT ACCORD DR IP
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THE DRAFT AGREEMENT HAS GIVEN US MORE AUTONOMY THAN WE EVER HAD BEFORE, DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (TUESDAY) IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION ENDORSING THE AGREEMENT.
+THE FUTURE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WILL BE ONE OF US, THE FINAL COURT OF APPEAL WILL BE IN HONG KONG AND FURTHERMORE, AS A BONUS, WE WILL RECEIVE THE PROTECTION OF A SOVEREIGN STATE AT ABSOLUTELY NO EXPENSE ON OUR PART, SHE SAID.
THE AGREEMENT WAS A GOOD ONE, BETTER THAN ANYONE HAD HOPED, SHE SAID.
IT WAS ALSO AN EXCELLENT COMPROMISE FOR ALL THREE PARTIES
CONCERNED.
AT THIS POINT, DR IP PAID TRIBUTE TO SIR S.Y. CHUNG'S LEADERSHIP OF THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL +IN PRESSING FOR MORE AND MORE UNTIL THE LAST DROP OF ADVANTAGE HAD BEEN SQUEEZED OUT.+ THE NEXT THREE GENERATIONS OR MORE HAD SO MUCH TO THANK HIM FOR A JOB WELL DONE, SHE SAID.
DR IP SAID THE FREEDOM GIVEN ACCORDING TO THE DRAFT AGREEMENT WAS MORE THAN MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD COULD ENJOY.
+WE WILL HAVE FREEDOM TO TRAVEL, TO LEAVE HONG KONG, TO OWN PROPERTY, TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF HONG KONG WITHOUT EXCHANGE CONTROL, TO MARRY WHOM WE LOVED AND BRING UP A FAMILY, TO CHOOSE THE TYPE OF EDUCATION WE WANTED FOR OUR CHILDREN, AND TO HAVE OUR OWN RELIGIOUS BELIEF, SHE SAID.
OF COURSE WE WOULD NOT BE COMPLACENT; WE WOULD CONTINUE TO AIM AT IMPROVING THE AGREEMENT AND TO TRY TO SECURE FOR THE PEOPLE THOSE POINTS NOT MENTIONED IN THE DRAFT, DR IP SAID. WE WOULD DO OUR BEST IN REFLECTING THE IR OPINION ON THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW, THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP ETC.
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