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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1989

MUTUAL RESPECT. TRUST BETWEEN HK AND CHINA VITAL

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URGED

MEMBERS OF THE

THE HON ALLEN LEE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO SEEK WAYS AND MEANS TO FOSTER MUTUAL RESPECT AND TRUST BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA WHICH HE SAID ARE VITAL TO THEIR UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP.

THE

COMMENTING ON THIS RELATIONSHIP, AS HE LED OFF DEBATE ON HIS MOTION THAT THE GOVERNOR BE THANKED FOR HIS POLICY ADDRESS, SENIOR MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL SAID, "CHINA'S FUTURE IS OUR FUTURE".

HE SAID, "WE MUST MAKE THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP

HONG KONG IS ALL ABOUT.

UNDERSTAND WHAT

"WE, AS A COMMUNITY, ENJOY COMPLETE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION SPEECH AND THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR SUCCESS IS THE 'RULE OF LAW'.

AND

"THESE MAY NOT BE UNDERSTOOD BY THE POWERS OF CHINA. WE MUST UPHOLD THESE PRINCIPLES REGARDLESS OF THE COST."

ON THE OTHER HAND, HE SAID, WE MUST NOT ACT IN SUCH A WAY AS TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT HONG KONG WAS BEING USED AS A BASE OF SUBVERSION AGAINST CHINA WHEN THERE WAS NO SUCH INTENTION AT ALL.

MR LEE BELIEVED THERE WAS A GREAT AMOUNT OF WORK TO BE DONE BOTH SIDES TO RESTORE TRUST AND RESPECT, WITHOUT WHICH THERE WOULD NO CONFIDENCE TO SPEAK OF.

ON

BE

HE MAINTAINED THAT AS LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY, MEMBERS MUST ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY, NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO ESTABLISH AN UNDERSTANDING AND DIALOGUE WITH THE CURRENT CHINESE REGIME.

"IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL ΤΟ PROVIDE A CONCRETE BASIS FOR HOPE FOR A STABLE FUTURE, HE SAID.

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MR LEE SAID THE KEY TO HONG KONG'S FUTURE LAY IN THE CONFIDENCE OF ITS PEOPLE. AND RIGHT-OF-ARODE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WAS A FORM OF GUARANTEE THAT THE HONG KONG PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FOR.

HE EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAD NOT YET MADE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE SUBJECT OF NATIONALITY DESPITE THE PROMISE MADE BY THE PRIME MINISTER LAST JUNE.

HEAR IS

THAT IT IS TO 3.25 MILLION

HE SAID, "NOW IT IS NOVEMBER AND ALL WE POLITICALLY IMPRACTICAL TO GRANT THE RIGHT OF ABODE PEOPLE AND THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO COME UP WITH A NATIONALITY PACKAGE FOR THE HONG KONG PEOPLE.

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NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, HE SAID, WOULD THE RIGHT OF ABODE TO THEIR SUBJECTS.

DENY

CITIZENSHIP

AND.

/HE HOPED .******