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ANOTHER THEME WHICH HAS EMERGED IN MY MANY DISCUSSIONS IS THE CONTINUING AND CONSTRUCTIVE DESIRE HERE

SHOULD BE A THAT THERE

THE JOINT DIALOGUE WITH CHINA. WELL, I ENTIRELY AGREE WITH THAT.

TO WORK TOGETHER DECLARATION COMMITS THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CHINA CLOSELY AND SINCERELY FOR HONG KONG'S LONG TERM FUTURE, TO GUARANTEE WE ARE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY. THAT, AND CHINA HAS CONTINUALLY REAFFIRMED ITS COMMITMENT TO THE JOINT DECLARATION. THE INTERESTS OF CHINA, OF BRITAIN AND OF HONG KONG, ARE TERM THAT THE LONG IDENTICAL IN THIS RESPECT, AND THEY'RE THE SAME

IT IS IN NO ONE'S INTEREST SUCCESS OF HONG KONG SHOULD CONTINUE. PICK QUARRELS. WELL, QUITE APART FROM THE LEGAL OBLIGATION TO TOGETHER FOR HONG KONG'S SUCCESS, THERE ARE MANY OF US WHO FEEL A DEEP RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERSONAL ATTACHMENT AND COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG. HONG KONG IS NOT THE LEAST DEMANDING NOR THE LEAST STIMULATING OF MY MY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE IS NO PART OF

OF HONG KONG. THAT MEANS MORE TO ME THAN WORKING FOR THE SUCCESS THANK YOU.

TO WORK

MINISTER, I HAVE GOT EMILY LAU (FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW) : TWO QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE NATIONALITY PACKAGE AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT YOU MADE YESTERDAY. THE FIRST ONE IS, THERE SEEMED TO BE QUITE A LOT MEMBERS OF THE OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT YOU ANNOUNCED BECAUSE MANY

DON'T PRESS CONTACTED THE VARIOUS CONSULATES HERE AND SOME SAID THEY

ANGRY AT THE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, AND SOME FEEL QUITE

SORT OF ANNOUNCEMENT. SO WOULD YOU PLEASE CLARIFY FOR US, ON WHAT TALKS THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS CONDUCTED, AND WHAT KIND OF RESPONSES HAVE YOU RECEIVED?

THE AND THE NEXT ONE IS A QUESTION CONCERNING THE DRAFT BILL

STATING BILL PUBLISHED LAST WEEK, AND I AM REFERRING TO SECTION 1(3) THAT: THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY, BY DIRECTIONS GIVEN TO THE GOVERNOR, LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PERSONS TO BE RECOMMENDED TO HIM IN ANY SPECIFIED FIT ROD. AND THIS CLAUSE GIVES CONCERN TO THE FACT THAT MAYBE, AT ANY YOU TIME, THE SECRETARY OF STATE CAN DECIDE TO SCRAP THE WHOLE BILL; KNOW. THE PROPOSAL TO GIVE PASSPORTS TO HONG KONG PEOPLE. CLARIFY THAT, PLEASE?

CAN YOU

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YES, I SAW MR MAUDE: WELL ON THE FIRST POINTS YOU MAKE RESPONSE THAT SOME CONSULATE GENERALS SEEM TO HAVE GIVEN. IS.

OF COURSE, THAT POLICIES ARE MADE, NOT IN CONSULATE GENERALS IN NATIONAL CAPITALS, AND THERE HAS BEEN A PROCESS OF DISCUSSION

AND INDEED BEFORE. OUR PARTNERS AND ALLIES GOING BACK TO JANUARY, INITIAL

CAPITALS BEFORE DOUGLAS APPROACHES WERE MADE TO NATIONAL

AND CLEARLY, WE HURD'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR PACKAGE BACK IN DECEMBER. DO NOT GO AROUND MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THIS SORT WITHOUT BEING CLEAR THAT THEY REFLECT THE WISHES AND VIEWS OF THE GOVERNMENTS WE REFER TO. EVERYTHING IN MY STATEMENT SO I HOPE THAT IS PERFECTLY CLEAR. YESTERDAY STANDS FIRM.

THE BILL, THE THE SECOND POINT YOU MAKE ON THE CONTENT OF INTENTION OF THIS CLAUSE OF THE BILL IS NOT TO ENABLE THE SCHEME TO BE BE THE IN ANY WAY ABORTED BEFORE IT IS COMPLETE, AND THAT COULD NOT

SECRETARY CASE. IT IS TO REFLECT THE ULTIMATE DISCRETION OF THE HOME IN

BY

THE GRANTING OF CITIZENSHIP. THE NUMBER OF HEADS OF FAMILY TO BE GIVEN PASSPORTS IS 50,000; THAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY SOLID COMMITMENT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

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