FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1989
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OMELCO STATEMENT ON DEBATE IN COMMONS
OMELCO SPECIAL WORKING RELATION TO THE HOUSE OF
FOLLOWING IS A PRESS STATEMENT BY THE
IN (FRIDAY) GROUP ON NATIONALITY TODAY COMMONS' DEBATE ON HONG KONG:
"WE ARE IMPRESSED BY THE SERIOUSNESS AND
THE BREADTH OF THE
DEBATE.
IS A
RESPONSIBILITY
CRISIS COME
IN
UP
THERE "THE MAJORITY OF THE SPEAKERS ACKNOWLEDGED THE FACT THAT
HONG
HAS THE CONFIDENCE
BRITAIN KONG AND THAT WITH A ΤΟ
SOLUTION. QUITE A NUMBER OF SAFE AND SECURE SPEAKERS AGREED THAT SOME FORMS OF ASSURANCE FOR A
KONG, AND THAT FUTURE OUGHT TO BE GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG
CONFIDENCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS SHOULD BE SOUGHT TO RESTORE TERRITORY. WE WOULD WELCOME BRITAIN'S INITIATIVE IN THIS AREA.
COMES TO THE QUESTION OF "WE ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT WHEN IT
THE OPPOSITION SEEMED TO HAVE RIGHT OF ABODE, NEITHER THE HMG NOR
ONLY AMONG THE 24 SPEAKERS,
FIVE SUPPORTED CHANGED THEIR POSITION. FULLY OUR CASE, AND FOUR WERE PARTIALLY SUPPORTIVE.
DESPITE THE UNDER-SECRETARY'S "WE ARE ALSO DISAPPOINTED THAT
RECEIVING HMG'S COMMENT THAT THE CONFIDENCE PROBLEM IN HONG KONG WAS
THE UNDERTAKING GIVEN BY DESPITE
THE PRIORITY CONSIDERATION, AND
LYDIA DUNN DURING PRIME MINISTER TO THE SENIOR MEMBER OF EXCO, DAME
THE HER LAST VISIT TO LONDON THAT A STATEMENT CONCERNING ACTIONS THAT
SUCH A BRITISH GOVERNMENT WOULD TAKE WOULD BE MADE REASONABLY SOON,
WE SINCERELY HOPE THAT STATEMENT WAS NOT FORTHCOMING IN THE DEBATE.
MATTER OF HMG MEANS WHAT SHE SAYS AND IS ACTIVELY WORKING ON IT AS A GREAT URGENCY.
KONG,
WE "ON THE ISSUE OF THE PACE OF DEMOCRATISATION IN HONG
KONG TO DECIDE. WE ARE AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE A MATTER FOR HONG
WITH PLEASED TO HEAR THAT HMG WILL ENSURE THAT THE BASIC LAW CONFORMS BOTH THE SPIRIT AND THE LETTER OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
LONDON HAVE FULFILLED THEIR "WE FEEL THAT OUR COLLEAGUES IN
CASE AND PUTTING
THE FORWARD EXPLAINING HONG KONG'S MISSION IN
PARLIAMENT. COMMUNITY'S VIEWS ON THE RIGHT OF ABODE TO MEMBERS OF THE
CONCERNS OF OUR WE BELIEVE THAT THE LATTER'S UNDERSTANDING PROBLEMS, AS REFLECTED IN THE DEBATE, HAS BEEN ENHANCED AS A RESULT OF MEETINGS WITH THE OMELCO DELEGATION.
AND
"AS WE HAVE SAID BEFORE, AND WE SAY IT AGAIN, WE CANNOT
IT IS A CHANGE OVERNIGHT. ATTITUDES TO EFFORTS MUST BE SUSTAINED.
EXPECT
LONG
EXERCISE,
AND
OUR
"THE LACK