TNAG-0944-FCO40-1163-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 95

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LEASE UESTION IS SOLVED

MUST BE PROTECTED.

THE INTERESTS OF THE FOREIGN INVESTORS

EITHER THEIR AGENT, THE HONG KONG COLONIAL

GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO MANAGE THIS TERRITORY OR CHINA WILL

GUARANTEE THE INTERESTS OF INVESTORS WITH SOME SORT OF EXPLICIT

COMMITMENT AFTER CHINA TAKES OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG.

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HOWEVER, A PREDICTION IS A PREDICTION. LET US LOOK AT THE REALITY

IN HONG KONG IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

THREE MAJOR FACTORS FOR ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ((SUBHEAD))

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NO ONE CAN DENY THE ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF HONG KONG OVER THE

PAST 10 YEARS. IT CAN BE SAID THAT WHETHER HONG KONG'S'ECONOMY

CAN PROSPER REMAINS THE DECISIVE FACTOR FOR HONG KONG'S SURVIVAL.

THE HEALTHY GROWTH OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMY BENEFITS CHINA, BRITAIN,

FOREIGN INVESTORS AND THE HONG KONG PEOPLE THEMSELVES. THE BASICALLY

HARMONIOUS AND PEACEFUL RELATIONSHIP AMONG THESE PARTIES OVER THE

PAST 10 YEARS HAS BASICALLY BEEN DETERMINED BY THE PROSPEROUS ECONOMY.

IN REALITY, ALL PARTIES HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR SHARE IN SUPPORT

OF THIS ECONOMIC PROSPERITY. THIS POINT WILL BE COME VERY CLEAR IF

WE LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING FACTORS.

((TEXT >> THE FIRST FACTOR, OF COR USE, IS THE STABLE POLITICAL

SITUATION IN HONG KONG FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS OR SO.

10 YEARS OR SO. THIS IS THE MOST

EASIC FACTOR. WITHOUT THIS, NO ONE WOULD HAVE WANTED TO INVEST IN

HONG KONG AND HONG KONG WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN NORMAL

PRODUCT ION ORDER.. IT IS ONLY NATURAL FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

TO WANT STABILITY FOR HONG KONG. THEREFORE, THE CCP'S AGREEING

TO LET HONG KONG HAVE STABILITY WAS VERY IMPORTANT. NO MATTER HOW

SIGNIFICANT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AMONG HONG KONG'S

PEOPLE AHVE BEEN IN THE PAST YEARS, AS A POLITICAL FORCE, ONLY THE

INFLUENCE OF THE CCP IN HONG KONG IS STRONG ENOUGH TO CHALLENGE THE

STABLE SITUATION. FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS OR MORE THE CCP HAS REFRAINED

FROM PLAYING THIS ROLE. THIS HAS FACILITATED THE STABILITY OF HONG

KONG SOCIETY. WHICH MADE PROSPERITY POSSIBLE.

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