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2
TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1989
WILL
MAKE AN FIRST, ON THE QUESTION OF NATIONALITY WE INTEND TO
MAKE SOME EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF A SCHEME THAT
SECTORS PROVISION FOR PEOPLE IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
WITH BRITAIN, BUT ON THE BASIS NOT SIMPLY OF CONNECTIONS
THE ALSO OF THE VALUE OF THEIR SERVICE TO HONG KONG.
THE OF THIS
TO GIVE PEOPLE OBJECTIVE
SCHEME
BE CONFIDENCE TO REMAIN IN HONG KONG, NOT TO ENCOURAGE THEM LEAVE.
WILL
ALERTED
OUR
WHICH
TO
WEEK I MADRID
EUROPEAN LAST SECOND, IN
HONG KONG COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO THE PROBLEMS
RALLY FACES AND THE NEED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO
IN ROUND HONG KONG, SINCE MY ARRIVAL HERE I HAVE ALSO BEEN
WILL BE WITH DIRECT TOUCH
THE SIX OTHER COUNTRIES THAT
NEXT WEEK. WE REPRESENTED AT THE ECONOMIC SUMMIT IN PARIS
TO MOBILISE THE
ON COMMUNITY
HONG KONG'S
CONTINUE TO WORK
SHALL SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL BEHALF OVER THE MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD.
ENERGETICALLY
THIRD, URGENTLY.
ACTION
ON
A
BILL
OF
RIGHTS
IS
BEING
PURSUED
窜
FOURTH, THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL
TO THE APPROACH TO BE FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORY.
WHAT
FURTHER
CONTINUE
OF DEVELOPMENT IT IS ALREADY THAT
STEPS
SHOULD
BE
PLAIN THAT PLANS FOR 1991 WILL HAVE TO BE REVISED, AND WE SHALL NEED TO CONSIDER TAKEN BEFORE 1997.
FIFTH, THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW, OUR OBJECTIVE MUST
TO ENSURE FULL CONFORMITY
BE
AS WELL AS THE
LETTER OF THE JOINT DECLARATION SO THAT IT MATCHES UP TO THE
FACE THE FUTURE. I ARTICLE 18 WHICH I KNOW
WITH THE SPIRIT
NEEDS OF THE HONG KONG PEOPLE AS THEY
HAVE ALREADY DRAWN ATTENTION TO CAUSES YOU SUCH ANXIETY.
*
TANGIBLE
SIXTH, IT IS VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT THE LEADERSHIP IN
TO ACTION ΤΟ NEED
TAKE EARLY AND CONFIDENCE IN CHINA'S INTENTIONS TOWARDS HONG KONG. BE PRESSING THIS STRONGLY UPON THEM.
PEKING RESTORE
I SHALL
BOAT PEOPLE, LET ME MORNING. WE ARE CONTINUING OF VIETNAM OVER THE DO NOT QUALIFY AS BEFORE
FINALLY, ON THE MATTER OF VIETNAMESE SIMPLY REPEAT MY MESSAGE OF THIS TO MAKE PROGRESS WITH THE GOVERNMENT EARLY REPATRIATION OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO REFUGEES. I HOPE THAT GOOD PROGRESS WILL BE APPARENT LONG.
/SIMON MACKLIN