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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1988

IN

THIS EVENING'S RECEPTION MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW PHASE

HAVE HAD NO THE WORK OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP. FOR THREE YEARS WE PERMANENT HOMES OF OUR OWN. HENCEFORTH WE SHALL HAVE A FIRM BASK HERE. OUR OFFICE WILL BE HERE; MOST OF OUR STAFF WILL BE HERE. THAT TO SAY THAT WE SHALL LET OUR GOVERNMENTS FORGET REMIND THEM OF OUR EXISTENCE BY CONTINUING LONDON AND PEKING AS WELL AS IN HONG KONG.

US,

TO MEET

13 NOT SINCE WB SHALL ONCE A YEAR IN

ALREADY ACHIEVED

HAVE REACHED A SERIES OF

WE

FOR ALL OUR PERIPATETIC WAY OF LIFE, WE HAVE MUCH. THROUGH THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP WE

FUTURE AS k PRACTICAL AGREEMENTS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO HONG KONG'S

OF CHINA. SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

NEEDS OF HONG KONG AND TO HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND THE

WE HAVE DONE WE ESTABLISH HOW THEY CAN BEST BE SERVED. IN ALL THAT

FULL TO GIVE

EFFECT TO THE HAVE SHARED ONE OVER-RIDING OBJECTIVE

REMAIN GOVERNMENTS

FULLY JOINT

TO WHICH BOTH DECLARATION COMMITTED.

-

OUR

BE WITH HONG KONG AS THE GROUP'S PRINCIPAL BASE, OUR TASK WILL

SIDES, ALREADY CLOSE, GREATLY FACILITATED. CONTACTS BETWEEN THE TWO DIRECT. EASIER

THE

AND AND MORE

UNDERSTANDING WILL BECOME STILL

SURE, BE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE MEMBERS OF OUR TWO TEAMS WILL, I AM ENHANCED.

WILL BECOME THE MAIN THE BRITISH AND CHINESE SIDES' OFFICES

THE JLG. CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE WORK OF I EXPECT TOO THAT THE MAJORITY OF MEETINGS OF EXPERTS WILL TAKE HERE. AND WHERE BETTER THAN IN THE TERRITORY ITSELF, WHERE CAN BEST APPRECIATE LOCAL NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS?

PLACE

EACH

SIDE

OFFICE HERE WILL PLAYED BY OFFICIALS OF THE HAVE DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITY

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BRITISH SIDE'S NEW NOT IN ANY WAY DIMINISH THE VITAL ROLE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. IT IS THEY WHO FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG. AND IT IS THEY WHO PROVIDE THE ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION OF OUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE WHICH ARE THE WORK. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY THEIR FULL PART ON THE BRITISH SIDE.

THE JOINT LIAISON

GROUP KONG.

NOR WILL THE TASKS AND FUNCTIONS OF CHANGE SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE ACQUIRED A PERMANENT BASE IN HONG

THE JLG IS AN ORGAN OF THE JOINT DECLARATION STATES CLEARLY THAT

POWER. THAT WILL REMAIN OUR GUIDING LIAISON AND NOT AN ORGAN PRINCIPLE.

OF

FINALLY LET ME PROPOSE A TOAST:

TO THE CONTINUING SUCCESS OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP;

TO CLOSE AND FRIENDLY CHINESE SIDES; AND

RELATIONS

BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND

TO THE CONTINUING STABILITY AND

PROSPERITY

OF HONG KONG:

AND

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TO THE