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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1984
ANSWER:
+NO, BUT THAT'S THE POINT OF THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE IN ORDER TO SECURE A CONCLUDED AGREEMENT, AND OF THE WORK THAT I'VE DESCRIBED. I'VE DESCRIBED THE ARRANGEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN AGREED, WHICH WILL LEAVE LEGISLATIVE POWER, IN THE FIELDS WE'VE DISCUSSED EARLIER ON, UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITIES. JUST AS, IF I MAY SAY SO, IN THE UNITED STATES, CERTAIN POWERS ARE ASSIGNED TO THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES AND CERTAIN TO THE STATE AUTHORITIES IT IS THAT KIND OF ARRANGEMENT, AND WHAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED IS HONG KONG AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WITH POWERS AS DEFINED IN MY STATEMENT, WHICH PLEASE STUDY AGAIN.+
QUESTION 19, SIMON FUNG, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG:
+S IR GEOFFREY, YOU HAVE JUST TOLD US NATIONALITY IS STILL AN ISSUE REMAINING TO BE RESOLVED, BUT TIME AND AGAIN THE CHINESE LEADERS HAVE TOLD US THEY WILL TOLERATE HONG KONG PEOPLE HAVING DUAL NATIONALITY AFTER 1997. DOES IT MEAN THEN IT IS BECAUSE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO GIVE THE HONG KONG PEOPLE BRITISH STATUS THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM TO REMAIN OUTSTANDING?+
ANSWER:
+ I THINK IT WOULD NOT BE RIGHT FOR ME TO EMBARK HERE ON A DISCUSSION OF THE PRECISE NATURE OF THAT ISSUE, SINCE IT IS STILL THE SUBJECT OF FURTHER NEGOTIATION. +
QUESTION 20, JONATHAN MIRSKY, THE OBSERVER, LONDON:
→ NOTE THAT THERE ARE 10 PARAGRAPHS IN YOUR STATEMENT OF PARTICULAR ISSUES AND THEY HAPPEN TO HAVE BEEN THE FAMOUS 10 CHINESE POINTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE 10 CHINESE OFFERS. YES, EXACTLY 10 IF YOU COUNT UP THE DASHES. I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW, WHAT HAS BEEN SETTLED BY BRITAIN, AND THEN IF YOU
INCLUDE THE LIAISON GROUP, CAN YOU SAY HOW SUBSTANTIALLY IT HAS VARIED FROM WHAT THE CHINESE HAVE HAD ON OFFER FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS?+
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