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MONDA, APRIL 29, 1985

SPEAKING OF THE CHANGES IN THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG, HE SAID: +1985 IS A WATERSHED IN OUR POLITICAL LIFE.+

THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL, BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR, HAVE BEEN SEPARATELY ENDORSED AND RATIFIED, BEARING THE SIGNATURES OF THE PRIME MINISTERS OF BOTH COUNTRIES.

THIS WAS OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE, INDICATING THE SERIOUS INTENTION AND IMPORTANCE WHICH BOTH GOVERNMENTS ATTACH TO THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT AND THE UNDERLYING ASSURANCE THAT ITS TERMS WILL BE FAITHFULLY MAINTAINED AND IMPLEMENTED.

+AS A DOCUMENT, THE AGREEMENT IS NO VAGUE DECLARATION OF INTENT. IT CONTAINS A DESCRIPTION IN CONSIDERABLE DETAIL OF THE LIFE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL ENJOY AFTER 1997, THE IR LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND THE IR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STRUCTURE, IT SPEAKS IN FIRM PHRASES ABOUT THE IR LIFE-STYLE, LANGUAGE, RELIGION AND SO FORTH. IT IS A UNIQUE AGREEMENT, COVERING A UNIQUE SITUATION,+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID.

SIR EDWARD MEETS JIANGSU GOVERNOR

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AND LADY YOUDE GAVE A LUNCH TODAY (MONDAY), IN HONOUR OF MME GU XIULIAN, GOVERNOR OF JIANGSU PROVINCE, WHO IS VISITING HONG KONG ON HER WAY BACK TO JIANGSU FROM A VÍSIT TO WESTERN EUROPE.

THE GOVERNOR AND MME GU HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION BEFORE LUNCH, AT WHICH DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG AND JIANGSU PROVINCE, AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR SIR EDWARD AND LADY YOUDE'S FORTHCOMING VISITS TO JIANGSU WERE DISCUSSED.

MME GU WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MR ZHENG LIANG YU, DIRECTOR OF THE JIANGSU PROVINCE FOREIGN AFFAIRS BUREAU, AND BY MR LI CHUWEN AND MR JI SHAOXIANG OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY HONG KONG BRANCH.

MISS LYDIA DUNN, MR ALLEN LEE, MR ERIC HO AND MR JOHN BOYD, WERE ALSO PRESENT AT THE LUNCH.

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