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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1989

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THE

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WILL STAND BY ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER JOINT DECLARATION. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE HOUSE LOOK TO THE GOVERNMENT UP TO THAT INTERNATIONAL OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO LIVE COMMITMENT AS WELL.

PROSPECTS AND PROCEDURE THE EVENTS IN PEKING MUST AFFECT THE

ABOUT THE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION. CONSULTATIONS

SUSPENDED. IT SECOND DRAFT OF THE BASIC LAW FOR HONG KONG HAVE BEEN

SEE HOW OUR OWN CONTACTS IS ALSO DIFFICULT TO

WITH THE CHINESE HONG KONG CAN CONTINUE IN GOVERNMENT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF

PRESENT

CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND

NO-ONE CAN DOUBT FROM THE PEACEFUL

DIGNIFIED PART DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE LAST FEW DAYS THE DEGREE OF CONCERN ON THE

STABILITY AND OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG THAT THEIR FUTURE SECURITY,

GOVERNMENT FULLY FREEDOM WILL BE GUARANTEED AFTER 1997. THE BRITISH

CAN ASSURE THE HOUSE CONCERN. I

THAT WE SHARE THAT

SHALL BE ADVANCING AND CONDUCTING A THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF THE PROGRAMME FOR

KONG. CONSOLIDATING EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY IN HONG

ΤΟ

WE ARE CONSIDERING URGENTLY WHAT FURTHER STEPS CAN BE TAKEN ENSHRINE AND PROTECT HONG KONG'S FREEDOMS AND WAY OF LIFE AFTER 1997.

ALL OF US IN THIS HOUSE ARE ACUTELY CONSCIOUS OF

OF SOME FORM SECURE KONG TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THE WISH OF ASSURANCE FOR

THE ISSUES STUDIED BY THE I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF SELECT COMMITTEE

SOME COMMENTATORS HAVE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. RECOMMENDED THAT A RIGHT OF ABODE IN THIS COUNTRY SHOULD BE GIVEN THE 3.25 MILLION PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WHO HOLD BRITISH

NATIONALITY.

ΤΟ

EVERYTHING WE CAN TO WE SHARE THE DESIRE OF THE HOUSE TO DO

KONG. ON THAT BASIS, THE BNHANCE THE SECURITY OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG

AT THE SCOPE FOR GOVERNMENT ARE LOOKING URGENTLY AND SYMPATHETICALLY FLEXIBILITY.

THE REASON WHY WE COULD BUT THE HOUSE WILL APPRECIATE

NOT WHICH WOULD EASILY CONTEMPLATE A MASSIVE NEW IMMIGRATION COMMITMENT MORE THAN DOUBLE THE ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

WILL SEND

SECURE OUR OVERRIDING AIM MUST BE TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO THE CONTINUATION OF THOSE CONDITIONS IN HONG KONG THAT HAVE LED TO ITS OUTSTANDING SUCCESS OVER THE LAST CENTURY. I HOPE THE HOUSE A MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, REAFFIRMING THEIR SECURE, STARLE AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE.

TO THE RECENT TRI ND WITHIN

OUR COMMITMENT TO

DIRECTLY COUNTER PRESSURE FOR

THE EVENT O' THE LAST FEW DAYS IN CHINA RUN

CHINA ITSELF AND ΤΟ THE LEGITIMATE DEMOCRATIC CHANGE WHICH IS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

BEING INCREASINGLY RECOGNISED

THE CHINESE

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